Political party in Iran
Moderate Socialists (Persian : اجتماعیون اعتدالیون , romanized : Ejtemāʿīyūn-e eʿtedālīyūn Moderates Party (Persian : فرقه اعتدالیون ), was a political party in Qajari Persia and one of the two major parties of the constitutional period alongside its parliamentary rival Social Democratic Party –Democrat Party .[ 2] right-wing political party.[ 5]
Members
The party membership consisted largely of landowners, constitutionalist ulema [ 2] bazaaris . It espoused the traditional middle-class and landed aristocracy .[ 1] [ 2] [ 1]
Views
The party claimed to uphold the principles of Islam , proposing military, judicial, and economic reforms, as well as strengthening the constitutional monarchy , convening the Senate , protecting family values , private property , limitation of the work week and wages in accordance with work performed, and prohibition of child labor .
It also expressed support for freedom of association and freedom of the press .[ 2] [ 1]
Parliament election results
Election
Seats
Quota[ 6]
Count[ 6]
±
%
±
1906
—
22.43
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Majority partyas Moderates
1909
58.73
Majority in coalitionIncluding 38 in coalition
1914
25.21
Minority
References
^ a b c d e Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions Princeton University Press . pp. 105–106, 120 . ISBN 0-691-10134-5 ^ a b c d e f g h Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period" . In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica 199– 202. Retrieved September 12, 2016 .^ Katouzian, Homa (2006). State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis . Library of modern Middle East studies. Vol. 28. I.B.Tauris . p. 57. ISBN 1845112725 ^ Cronin, Stephanie (2013). Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left . Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series. Routledge . p. 71. ISBN 978-1134328901 ^ Matin-Asgari, Afshin [in Persian] (2018). Both Eastern and Western: An Intellectual History Of Iranian Modernity . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press . p. 45. ISBN 978-1-108-42853-8 ^ a b آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328) ] (in Persian). Majlis Research Center . 2005 [1384]. pp. 19– 20, 46– 47, 68.
