Social Democratic Party | |
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Leader | Nariman Narimanov [1] |
Founder | Haydar Khan Amo-oghli [2] [3] |
Founded | 1904 [2] or 1905 [1] |
Dissolved | February 1910 [1] |
Succeeded by | Democrat Party [2] |
Headquarters | Baku, Caucasus [2] |
Newspaper | Iran-e No [1] |
Ideology |
Socialism Liberalism Nationalism Secularism Constitutionalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
1st Iranian Majlis ( 1906) | 21 / 156
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The Social Democratic Party ( Persian: فرقه اجتماعیون عامیون, romanized: Ferqa'ye Ejtemāʿīyūn-e ʿāmmīyūn) was a political party formed by Persian emigrants in Transcaucasia with the help of local revolutionaries, maintaining close ties to the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and Hemmat Party. [1] [2]
It was the first Iranian socialist organization. [4]
The party created its own mélange of European socialism and indigenous ideas and upheld liberalism and nationalism. It maintained some religious beliefs [1] while being critical of the conservative ulama [1] and embracing separation of church and state. [3]