Behavioral analysis of “Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation - Third Force" from its establishment to the coup d'état on August 19, 1953 based on “The Third Force” newspaper

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1 PhD student in Post-Islamic Iranian History, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor at the Department of The History and Civilization of Islamic Nation, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor at the Department of The History, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran

4 Professor at the Department of The History, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jiiph.2025.64481.2546

Abstract

The present article addresses the behavior of the “Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation - the third force” from the establishment based on the “Crisis Theory” of Thomas A. Spragens. This theory consists of four stages; 1- Observing the crisis, 2- Identifying the cause of the crisis, 3- Drawing an ideal society and 4- Providing a solution.The method of data collection in this article is library research and document review, and data analysis is performed by historical method with a descriptive-analytical approach. Based on the findings of the research, from the founding of the party until the August 19 coup, the leaders of the Third Force party identified three economic, political and international crises. In order to protect the national movement and support Mosadegh's government, they tried to find out the causes of the turmoil and presented solutions to overcome the crises. According to the founders of the party, the cause of the economic crisis was the economic blockade by England and the absolute reliance of the government on the non-oil economy. The cause of the international crisis was the British, American and Soviet colonial policy and the cause of the political crisis was tyranny. Therefore, the above-mentioned party considered the solution to the economic crisis to be a budget clear of oil money and the solution to overcome the international crisis to be relying on a third force. They also thought the solution to the political crisis was to establish a republic system.

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Journal of Iranian Islamic Period History

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Available Online from 26 January 2025

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  • Receive Date: 20 November 2024
  • Revise Date: 18 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 26 January 2025

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