JAMA (political party)

JAMA (Persian: جاما‎, acronym originally standing for "The Liberation Movement of People of Iran";[1][2] Persian: جنبش آزادی‌بخش مردم ایران‎) was an Iranian political party founded in 1964 by Kazem Sami and Habibollah Payman. In summer 1965, members of the party which maintained an opposition status were arrested and it continued activities in small circles underground.[2]

For other uses, see JAMA (disambiguation).
The Liberation Movement of People of Iran
or
Revolutionary Movement of Muslim People of Iran
AbbreviationJAMA
FounderKazem Sami
Habibollah Payman
Founded1964[1]
Split fromParty of the Iranian People[1]
IdeologyIslamic Socialism
Iranian Nationalism
ReligionIslam

In 1977, the leaders split. Payman founded Movement of Militant Muslims and Sami revived the organization with the same acronym, this time standing for "Revolutionary Movement of Muslim People of Iran" (Persian: جنبش انقلابی ملت مسلمان ایران‎).[2]

References
  1. Ali Rahnema (2000). An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shariati. I.B.Tauris. p. 29. ISBN 1860645526.
  2. Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. pp. 211, 272. ISBN 1850431981.
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