The Muslim People's Republic Party (MPRP) or Islamic People's Republican Party (IPRP; Persian : حزب جمهوری خلق مسلمان ایران , romanized : Ḥezb-e jomhuri-e ḵalq-e mosalmān-e Irān ) was a short-lived party associated with Shia Islamic cleric Shariatmadari . It was founded in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution as a "moderate, more liberal counterweight" to the theocratic , Islamist Islamic Republican Party (IRP) of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , and disbanded in 1980.
7-420: MPRP may refer to: Muslim People's Republic Party Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (disambiguation) Maine Power Reliability Program Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MPRP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
14-589: A moment ... that the opposition had found a powerful base from which to check the spreading power of the Islamic Republican Party" and Khomeini's power. The regime responded with carrots and sticks. Revolutionary Guards retook the TV station, mediators were sent to Tabriz, a massive pro-Khomeini counter-demonstration was staged in Tabriz. At this crucial point, Shariatmadari "wavered" in his support for
21-686: A national referendum. In return, the party and the cleric were attacked by the state-controlled media. Khomeini met with Shariatmadari on December 6 and delivered "what appears to have been an ultimatum" to him. In early December riots broke out in Shariatmadari's Azeri home region. Members of the MPRP and Shariatmadari's followers in Tabriz took to the streets and seized the television station, using it to "broadcast demands and grievances." Tabriz being Iran's second or third largest city it appeared "for
28-592: The Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari . In contrast to the Islamic Republican Party, the Muslim People's Republican Party emphasized "collective" religious leadership - as opposed to leadership by Khomeini - "criticized the unruly behavior" of the revolutionary committees and the "harsh judgment" of the revolutionary courts , was ready to cooperate with the secular parties, and demanded free access for all to
35-483: The broadcast media." The MPRP "immediately came under attack from the" IRP and the MPRP's offices in " Karaj , Arak , Saveh , Ardabil , and Khalkhal were attacked." In November 1979 the party and its clerical adviser, Shari'atmadari (who was not a member), became a rallying point of Iranians who opposed the proposed new theocratic constitution of the Islamic Republic, which was soon to be voted on in
42-558: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MPRP&oldid=933005281 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Muslim People%27s Republic Party The party was founded around March 1979. by a "group of bazaar merchants, middle-class politicians, and clerics associated with Khomeini's chief rival in Qom ",
49-455: The movement, and the Tabriz movement "faltered." In early January 1980, Shariatmadari "formally disassociated" himself from the MPRP, and after a clash in Qom between his followers and those of Khomeini he was put under virtual house arrest and many of his aides (who had been active in the party) were arrested. The Islamic Republican Party organized a massive campaign to demand the dissolution of
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