Hezbollah Assembly
ChamberIranian Parliament
Legislature(s)5th
FoundationJune 1996
Dissolution2000
Member partiesAssociation of Combatant Clerics
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization
Executives of Construction Party
Worker House
PresidentAbdollah Nouri (1996–1997)
Majid Ansari (1997–2000)
IdeologyReformism

The Hezbollah Assembly or Assembly of Hezbollah[1] (Persian: مجمع حزب‌الله, romanized: Majma'-e Hezbollah, lit. 'Parliamentary Union of the Party of God')[2] was a parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.

It has been described as "a moderate grouping of legislative members positioned in the counterpoint of Hezbollah [fraction]"[3] and a "parliamentary alliance" between the modernist right and the Islamic left.[2]

Its leader was Abdollah Nouri,[3] who was later succeeded by Majid Ansari.[4]

Political position

It was founded in 1996 mainly by the candidates included in the electoral list of the right-wing Executives of Construction, which according to Banks et al., is believed to have won 90 to 100 seats.[3] Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization was another major group in the parliamentary group with some 30 seats, according to Wilfried Buchta.[2] Members of the Worker House were also in the parliamentary group.[5]

The group was supportive of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani[6] and endorsed Mohammad Khatami in his successful bid for 1997 Iranian presidential election,[3] before declaring their support for candidacy of Mir-Hossein Mousavi.[7]

References

  1. ^ Mehdi Moslem (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 245, ISBN 9780815629788
  2. ^ a b c 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. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
  3. ^ a b c d Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (2016), Political Handbook of the World 1998, Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 433, ISBN 9781349149513
  4. ^ Menashri, David (2012), The Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society and Power, Routledge, p. 98
  5. ^ Samii, Bill (15 February 1999), "Iran Report", Free Europe/Radio Liberty, vol. 2, no. 7
  6. ^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Group known as Anssar-e Hizbollah (Ansar/Anzar e Hezbollah), 18 September 2000, IRN34994.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be430.html [accessed 24 December 2019]
  7. ^ Mehdi Moslem (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 245, ISBN 9780815629788
Preceded by— Parliamentary opposition group of Iran 1996–2000 Succeeded byMinority fraction Preceded by— Parliamentary group of Reformists 1996–2000 Succeeded by2nd of Khordad
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