League of Iranian Socialists | |
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Leader | Reza Shayan [1] |
Secretary | Amir Pishdad [2] |
Founder | Khalil Maleki [3] |
Founded | 1960 |
Dissolved | 1980s |
Merger of | Third Force [3] |
Ideology |
Socialism Social democracy Iranian nationalism Left-wing nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing [4] |
National affiliation |
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International affiliation | Socialist International |
League of Socialists of the National Movement of Iran ( Persian: جامعه سوسیالیستهای نهضت ملی ایران, romanized: Jāmeʿa-ye sōsīalīsthā-ye nahżat-e mellī-e Īrān) or League of Iranian Socialists ( Persian: جامعه سوسیالیستهای ایران, romanized: Jāmeʿa-ye sōsīalīsthā-ye Īrān) was a socialist nationalist party in Iran.
The party formally joined the Socialist International upon establishment. [4]
It was founded in 1960 by Third Force activists led by Khalil Maleki and a number of radical nationalists, most of whom had social democracy leanings and some members with Islamic socialism tendencies. Hossein Malek, Ahmad Sayyed Javadi and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad were among people associated with the group. [5]
The organization was a founding member of the National Front (II) [6] and was considered the "extereme left-wing" within the front. [4] It broke with the front and joined the National Democratic Front after the Iranian Revolution. [7] In the 1980 Iranian presidential election, the group supported People's Mujahedin of Iran nominee Massoud Rajavi. [8]