Union and Progress Party (Persia)

Union and Progress Party or Unity and Progress Party (Persian: حزب اتفاق و ترقی, romanized: Ḥezb-e Ettefāq wa taraqqī) was a political party in constitutional period Persia.

For Ottoman Empire organization, see Committee of Union and Progress. For Party in Guinea, see Unity and Progress Party.
Union and Progress Party
LeaderZayn-al-ʿĀbedīn Mostaʿān-al-Molk
Founded1908
NewspaperEsteghlal-e Iran
IdeologySocialism

In the 1909 Persian legislative election, they won 4 seats and allied with the Moderate Socialists Party against Democrat Party.

The party's line had little resemblance to that of the Young Turks and contained some socialist demands. Most of the party's supporters were active in the countrysides.

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