Glorious Frontiers Party
The Glorious Frontiers Party (Persian: حزب مرز پرگهر, romanized: Hezb-e Marz-e Por-Gohar, taken from the first line of Ey Iran anthem)[2] is an Iranian nationalist political party exiled in the United States. The party is banned in Iran.[3]
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| Leader | Roozbeh Farahanipour |
| Founded | 8 July 1998 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States |
| Ideology | Nationalism Secularism Liberal democracy[1] |
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| Website | |
| marzeporgohar.org | |
According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, "Marz-e Por-Gohar was established in Tehran by a group of nationalist secular writers and journalists in 1998, but now some of them live in Los Angeles".[4] Roozbeh Farahanipour, the party's leader and twelve other members were arrested in Iran student protests, July 1999.[5]
References
- Tamadonfar, Mehran (2015). Islamic Law and Governance in Contemporary Iran: Transcending Islam for Social, Economic, and Political Order. Lexington Books. p. 158. ISBN 9781498507578.
- Andrew Bostom; Alyssa A. Lappen (9 July 2009), A True Iranian Reformer, and His Movement?, American Thinker, retrieved 15 May 2017
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Follow-up to IRN33810.E of 6 March 2000 on police video-taping of student demonstrations in July 1999 and whether non-students are still being sought by authorities; those arrested and/or sentenced by the authorities, 11 July 2000, IRN34691.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad634.html [accessed 16 June 2017]
- Iran Report, vol. 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 September 2001, retrieved 15 May 2017
- Misagh Parsa (2016). Democracy in Iran. Harvard University Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780674545045.
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