Executives of Construction Party
حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران‎
General SecretaryHossein Marashi[1]
SpokespersonHossein Marashi[2]
Spiritual leaderAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (deceased)[3]
Head of CouncilMohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani[4]
Founder
1996 Signatories
1999 Founding board
Founded17 January 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-17)[5]
Legalised15 August 1999; 24 years ago (1999-08-15)[6]
Split fromPrinciplists[7]
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
NewspaperKargozaran (2005–2008)
Sazandegi (since 2018)
IdeologyReformism[8]
Technocracy[3]
Pragmatism[9]
Islamic democracy[10]
'Modern right'[3][11]
Political positionRight-wing[12][13]
ReligionIslam
National affiliationCouncil for coordinating the Reforms Front
SloganIslamic Pride and Development of Iran[7]
Tehran City Council
3 / 21
Tabriz City Council
1 / 13
Shiraz City Council
1 / 13
Website
www.kargozaran.net/fa/

The Executives of Construction of Iran Party[a] (Persian: حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران, romanized: Hezb-e Kārgozārān-e Sāzandegi-ye Irān) is a reformist[8] political party in Iran, founded by 16[5] members of the cabinet of the then President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 1996.[7][3] The party is a member of Council for coordinating the Reforms Front.[8]

Views and factions

Economically, the party supports free markets and industrialization; with a high emphasis on progress and development.[3] The party takes the view that economic freedom is fundamentally linked to cultural and political freedom, but it should not be allowed to conflict with development.[7] The party is divided into two factions in constant struggle, the more conservative "Kermani faction" led by Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hossein Marashi and the more liberal "Isfahani faction" led by Mohammad Atrianfar and Gholamhossein Karbaschi.[14]

Members

Founders

The party was formed in 1996. The following sixteen people were its founders; they signed the declaration of its formation[5] and founding board members registering the party in Ministry of Interior in 1999 were:[6]

Name 1996 1999
Esmail Shooshtari Green tickY —
Ataollah Mohajerani Green tickY Green tickY
Mohsen Nourbakhsh Green tickY Green tickY
Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani Green tickY Green tickY
Mohammad Ali Najafi Green tickY Green tickY
Morteza Mohammadkhan Green tickY —
Issa Kalantari Green tickY —
Akbar Torkan Green tickY —
Mohammad Gharazi Green tickY —
Bijan Namdar Zangeneh Green tickY —
Gholamhossein Karbaschi Green tickY —
Reza Amrollahi Green tickY Green tickY
Gholamreza Forouzesh Green tickY —
Mostafa Hashemitaba Green tickY —
Gholamreza Shafeei Green tickY —
Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh Green tickY —
Hossein Marashi — Green tickY
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani — Green tickY

Party leaders

Current officeholders

Cabinet
Parliament
Local

References

  1. ^ Transliterated Hezb-e Kargozaran-e Sazandegi-e Iran. The party's name has been alternately translated "Servants of Construction Party".[7]
  1. ^ "Mohsen Hashmei's New Position in Executives of Construction Party" (in Persian). Khabaronline. May 18, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Hossein Marashi: Iran Jails Reformist Ex-Vice President". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Executives of the Construction of Iran (ACI)" (PDF), Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University
  4. ^ ""کرباسچی" دوباره دبیرکل کارگزاران شد؛ محسن هاشمی رئیس شورای مرکزی و مرعشی سخنگو". 25 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Executives of Construction of Iran Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Center. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e Antoine, Olivier; Sfeir, Roy (2007), "The Servants of Construction", The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, Columbia University Press, pp. 164–165, ISBN 978-0231146401
  8. ^ a b c "Iran: The Davom-e Khordad (2nd of Khordad; 23 May) Movement". Refworld. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  9. ^ Pesaran, Evaleila (2011), Iran's Struggle for Economic Independence: Reform and Counter-Reform in the Post-Revolutionary Era, Taylor & Francis, p. 147, ISBN 978-1136735578
  10. ^ Rezai, Mehran (2006), The Structure of Global Religious Market and its Role in Producing Religious Violence (With a Case Study of Iran) (PDF), CESNUR, p. 6
  11. ^ Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 14, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
  12. ^ "Iran: The National Kargozaran-Sazandegi Party; political view, its leaders, branches, and participation in any election in Iran (1998)".
  13. ^ Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 14, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
  14. ^ Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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