Social Democratic Party (Iran)

Social Democratic Party
Leader	Nariman Narimanov[1]
Founder	Haydar Khan Amo-oghli[2][3]
Founded	1904[2] or 1905[1]
Dissolved	February 1910[1]
Succeeded by	Democrat Party[2]
Headquarters	Baku, Caucasus[2]
Newspaper	Iran-e No[1]
Ideology	Socialism Liberalism Nationalism Secularism Constitutionalism
Political position	Left-wing
1st Iranian Majlis (1906)	21 / 156
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The Social Democratic Party (Persian: فرقه اجتماعیون عامیون, romanized: Ferqa'ye Ejtemāʿīyūn-e ʿāmmīyūn) was a political party formed by Persian emigrants in Transcaucasia with the help of local revolutionaries, maintaining close ties to the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and Hemmat Party.^[1][2]

It was the first Iranian socialist organization.^[4]

The party created its own mélange of European socialism and indigenous ideas and upheld liberalism and nationalism. It maintained some religious beliefs^[1] while being critical of the conservative ulama^[1] and embracing separation of church and state.^[3]

References

1. Afary, Janet (December 9, 2011) [December 15, 1998]. "EJTEMĀʿĪŪN-E ʿĀMMĪŪN (Mojāhed), FERQA-YE". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 3. Vol. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 286–288. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
2. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 76–77, 104. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
3. Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 199–202. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
4. Cronin, Stephanie (2013). Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left. Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series. Routledge. p. 252. ISBN 978-1134328901.