The elections for the eighth Majlis were held in the summer of 1930.
The
Communist Party planned to run their own candidates, however they failed due to internal conflicts, as well as
Reza Shah's substantial control over the process.[2]
Like
its predecessor, the election was "systematically controlled by the royal court".[3]
References
^Mohammad Gholi Majd (2008), From Qajar to Pahlavi: Iran, 1919-1930, University Press of America, p. 432,
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^M. Reza Ghods (1990). "The Iranian Communist Movement under Reza Shah". Middle Eastern Studies. 26 (4). Taylor & Francis: 506–513.
doi:
10.1080/00263209008700833.
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