Reformers' Party of Reformists Party () was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, established in the final years of

Qajar Iran The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic peoples, Turkic origin,Cyrus G ...

. It was one of the four major parliamentary parties in early 1920s, along with the Communist Party,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

and

Revival Party Revival Party or Modernity Party () was a secular progressive political party in Persia/Iran during 1920s. The party had also liberal and nationalist tendencies and supported Reza Khan and helped him become the new Shah of Iran while holding majo ...

. The party is an heir to the

Moderate Socialists Party Moderate Socialists () or simply Moderates Party (), 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. It was Iran's f ...

, and was founded by its former members joined by some Democrat Party affiliates. The party held the majority in the 4th Parliament. It was also very influential outside the parliament. The party's opposition to

Reza Khan Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...

, lead to losing its majority status in the 5th Parliament after he rigged the elections to have a parliament pliant to his views.

References

Banned political parties in Iran Political parties disestablished in 1926 Political parties in Qajar Iran Conservative parties in Iran Political parties in Pahlavi Iran (1925–1941) {{iran-party-stub