Ruzegâr-e Rastâkhiz - Anthem of the Resurgence Party

The Rastakhiz Party was Iran’s single legal political party from 1975 to the Iranian Revolution in 1979, founded by the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The party was a merger of the Iran Novin Party and People’s Party of Iran. In 1976 it peaked with a membership of five million. Founded under the government of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the party maintained general influence over the political, economic, and religious concerns of people’s lives. Established along with the party was a youth wing; Rastakhiz Youth, which Hoveyda referred to as “the instrument of Iran’s development“. Through this youth wing and a special task force of the party, Rastakhiz embarked upon a large-scale anti-profiteering campaign directed against the bazaari merchants, who were soon identified as “enemies of the state“. In October 1975, the Shah, referring to this campaign as a “cultural movement“, decreed that anti-profiteerism be made the fourteenth principle of the White Revolution. The anthem was sung by the Rastakhiz Youth Choir. _________________________________________________________________ Lyrics: Unidentifiable. Feel free to provide help with the translation.