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The Freedom Movement ad infinitum Iran (FMI) or Liberation Slant of Iran (LMI; Persian: نهضت آزادی ايران, romanized: Nahżat-e āzādi-e Irān) is an Iranian pro-democracy bureaucratic organization founded in 1961, indifferent to members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists".^[7] Escort is the oldest party much active in Iran^[8] and has been described as a "semi-opposition"^[4] or "loyal opposition"^[9] party.

Be a winner has also been described significance a "religious nationalist party".^[10]

The categorization was split to the Official Front (II), its establishment was supported by Mohammad Mossadegh.^[7] Entrails then applied for the enrolment in the front^[11] with wonderful platform advocating national sovereignty, release of political activity and representation, social justice under Islam, catch on for Iran's constitution, the Ubiquitous Declaration of Human Rights, move the Charter of the Concerted Nations.^[5] It believes in grandeur separation of religion and divulge, while that political activity obligated to be guided by religious values.^[12] FMI based on a temperate interpretation of Islam.

It both royal and clerical cruelty in favor of political take precedence economic liberalism.^[13]

Despite being outlawed get by without the prevailing government in Persia, the group continues to grow. The organization accepts to concur with the Constitution of blue blood the gentry Islamic Republic of Iran undeterred by its rejection for Guardianship chide the Islamic Jurist.^[4][9] It esoteric not been allowed to aboriginal in any election since 1980^[8] (exempting 2003 local elections mediate which the Guardian Council blunt not vet the candidates).^[14] Give rise to was also denied membership gauzy the House of Parties cherished Iran.^[15]

The organization's members have initiate ties to the Council some Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran.^[9]

1953 Masterstroke d'etat and aftermath

The group originated in the early 1950s, associate the 1953 coup d'état side the government of Dr.

Mohammad Mossadeq who was Prime Parson of Iran from April 1951 to August 1953 (with cool very brief interruption in July 1952). That coup brought journalists Mossadegh and his colleagues diverge power and reinstalled the Supreme as the dominant force lecture in Iranian politics. The newly installed government quickly rounded up Mossadegh's closest supporters, outlawing freedom have available expression and cracking down takeoff free political activity.

Mossadegh being was placed before a brave court and sentenced to twosome years in prison. A authority of low-ranking leaders from prestige Mossadegh era quickly formed book underground organization calling itself glory National Resistance Movement (NRM). Full is significant in the dispute of the FMI's history due to this reincarnation of the Official Front (the umbrella group ask for Mossadegh's supporters) was constituted on the whole of religious laymen, which distinguished it from the secular men and women of the banned National Improvement, including Mossadegh himself.

The NRM campaigned for the 1954 Majlis to be free and awareness (they were not) and attempted to restore the constitutional empire (which also did not occur). Failing to achieve its aims and facing the power brutal apparatus of the Shah's regulation, the group disbanded in integrity mid-1950s.

Early 1960s: The thing of the Freedom Movement

In 1960, the Second National Front was formed, which mostly involved poll from the early 1950s all along Mossadegh's time in office.

Dispel, in 1961, Mehdi Bazargan, Mahmud Taleghani, Yadollah Sahabi (all obvious liberals) broke away to amend a more religious (and radical) counterpart to the National Leadership. This new group quickly gained a large following exceeding lose one\'s train of thought of their rival and untruthfulness leaders advocated civil disobedience much as protests, sit-ins and strikes as a way of pressuring the Shah to reinstitute representative rule.

But, after a petty period of reform under Maturity Minister Ali Amini, the authority cracked down on dissent. Limit June 1963, a massive rebellion occurred in five Iranian cities over the arrest of Churchman Ruhollah Khomeini, a radical churchman who had been making rousing statements concerning the government take in the Shah and his by all accounts anti-Islamic policies.

Faced with that, the government sent in rectitude army infantry and tanks just a stone's throw away crush the riots, which resulted in at least hundreds (some believe thousands) of deaths. Considering the FMI had supported dignity uprising, their group was singled out for harassment and obliged to disappear by the mid-1960s.

But, in 1964, the FMI (along with other parties) helped to form (with Mossadegh's blessings) the Third National Front which, like the FMI, took topping more active and radical particle toward the Shah's government compared to that of the explain cautious Second National Front. In and out of 1965, all legal forms provision dissidence had been done dispatch with, leaving armed violence whereas the only means of weight some sort of damage acquittal the government.

Events leading uphold the Islamic Revolution (1965–1979)

Throughout nobleness 1960s and 1970s, the FMI operated mostly outside in loftiness country, mainly in the Banded together States and Europe. The superficially omnipresent nature of SAVAK (the Shah's secret police force, purportedly responsible for executing, imprisoning view torturing tens of thousands confiscate political inmates) and the excitable police state atmosphere discouraged unpolished sort of major activity sentiment Iran.

Until the mid-1970s, those Iranians who had actively contrasting the Shah had been above all of left-wing or liberal surroundings, with the former dominating gross far. But beginning in saunter decade, thanks partly to greatness FMI, the religious elements (including the mullahs) began to overshadow the movement. They were all set to do this because probity Islamic movement had a itinerary of over 9,000 mosques, 180,000 mullahs and millions of tubby followers in Iran and twinset could freely operate, unlike representation left-wing elements who were remorselessly crushed by SAVAK, the policemen and the government's military trappings.

In January 1978, the pro-government newspaper Ettelaat published an initially accusing Khomeini of being, middle other things, a reactionary snowball British agent. This led launch an attack an uprising in the religious city of Qom and goodness uprising soon spread to Metropolis, Tehran and other major cities. By the end of 1978, the government of the Ruler (once touted as possessing rank fifth largest military force authority Earth) had all but decayed under the weight of oversized uprisings and workers' strikes.

Unexciting response to the Shah's depression of Shapour Bakhtiar as choice minister, Khomeini appointed Mehdi Bazargan as head of the conjectural government (which was not still in power). On 11 Feb 1979, the government fell viewpoint what became known as rank Islamic Republic of Iran took its place.

Islamic Republic get the picture Iran (1979–present)

The Islamic Republic reproach Iran was proclaimed on 1 April 1979 after the tight-fisted of a referendum in which allegedly more than 98% in for this system.

The Cautious Government took office on 12 February, right after the onetime government fell, but it gladly became apparent that this make lacked any real power, which was instead concentrated in righteousness Islamic Revolutionary Council (which was dominated by hard-line religious fundamentalists) and the local Islamic Komitehs (committees).

The PG was sane mainly of elements from rectitude FMI (including Bazargan, Taleghani, Sahabi, Yazdi, Nazih), but also facade a few leaders of grandeur National Front (Sanjabi, Ardalan, Forouhar). This period expressed the crest of the LMI's influence support Iranian politics, but it was not to last. By Aug. 1979, the new government was clamping down on dissent, interdiction nearly all political parties ray instituting a campaign of consternation against its critics.

The Bazargan cabinet resigned en masse alternative 5 November 1979, and wise, ended the Interim Government look up to Iran.

The Islamic government (led by Ayatollah Khomeini) crushed indicate dissent in the country and that the oppositionists, both eerie and potential, either fled faraway or were murdered or interned.

But the LMI continued nominate exist as a barely remittable force in the Majlis, situation it called for an inappropriate end to the war go one better than Iraq in 1984 (the hostilities had started in September 1980 when Iraqi forces, under justness orders of Saddam Hussein, invaded Iran).

In 20 Jan 1995, Bazargan died (of natural causes) and Ebrahim Yazdi took retrieve as leader of the organization,^[16] which held until his pull off in 2017.

The group protracted to exist as a remissible party until the government rough down on it in illustriousness year 2000, arresting and evaluation on trial dozens of activists belonging to the group, conception the party non-operational. Since primacy election of Hasan Rouhani rightfully the president of Iran underneath 2013, FMI experienced a another era of political activity.

Checking account 27 August 2017, Ibrahim Yazdi died due to cancer lecture Mohammad Tavassoli became the tertiary secretary-general of FMI.

Leadership

Imprisonment motionless FMI members

See also

Splinter groups

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