Azerbaijani Democratic Party

The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (; ) was a pro-Soviet, separatist, and pan-Turkist party founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, Iran, in September 1945. It depended on the Soviet Union and was supported by it. The ADP was founded as an opposition party against the Pahlavi dynasty. The Soviet-supported Tudeh Party dissolved its Azerbaijan chapter and ordered its members to join the ADP. The ADP ruled the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government from 1945 until 1946 with Pishevari as premier.

See also

Iran crisis of 1946

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

References

Affiliated organizations of the Tudeh Party of Iran

Defunct communist parties in Iran

Ethnic political parties

Iran–Soviet Union relations

Formerly ruling communist parties

Political parties of minorities in Iran

1945 establishments in Iran

Political parties established in 1945

Pan-Turkist organizations

Separatism in Iran