The Glorious Frontiers Party ( fa, حزب مرز پرگهر, Hezb-e Marz-e Por-Gohar, taken from the first line of ''

Ey Iran "Ey Irân" ( fa, ای ایران, , lit. ''O Iran!'') is an Iranian patriotic song that serves as the country's unofficial national anthem. The music was composed by Ruhollâh Xâleqi, and the lyrics were written by Hossein Gol-e-Golâb. Not ...

'' anthem) is an Iranian nationalist political party exiled in the United States. The party is banned in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

. According to

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says tha ...

, "''Marz-e Por-Gohar'' was established in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

by a group of nationalist secular writers and journalists in 1998, but now some of them live in Los Angeles".

Roozbeh Farahanipour Roozbeh Farahanipour (Persian: روزبه فراهانی پور; born July 16, 1971 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American former student activist and a leader in the movement for an Iranian cultural renaissance and the chairman of the Marz-e Po ...

, the party's leader and twelve other members were arrested in

Iran student protests, July 1999 The Iranian student protests of July 1999 (also known as 18th of Tir and Kuye Daneshgah Disaster ( fa, فاجعه کوی دانشگاه) in Iran) (7–13 July)

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