The party was founded in 1957 by Manouchehr Eghbal on orders directed by Shah to initiate a two-party system.
[2] Its opposition was the liberal People's Party.
[1] The party's name was deliberately chosen in a way to confuse the public, because the term Melliun (lit.
'Nationalists') was already in use to refer to members of the opposition National Front and other followers of Mohammad Mossadegh.
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