Islamic Iran Solidarity Party
حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی
General SecretaryAli Asghar Ahmadi[1]
Deputy General SecretaryMohammad Salari[1]
Deputy of Supreme CouncilAbbas Mirza Aboutalebi[1]
Founder
Founding board[2]
FoundedJanuary 17, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-01-17)[3]
LegalisedJuly 11, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-07-11)[3]
Split fromExecutives of Construction Party[3]
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
NewspaperHambastegi[3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[3]
ReligionIslam
National affiliationCouncil for coordinating the Reforms Front
Tehran City Council
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Islamic Iran Solidarity Party (Persian: حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی; Hezb-e Hambastegi-e Iran-e Eslami) is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 1998, by 10 members of Parliament of Iran. The party is a member of Council for coordinating the Reforms Front[4] and publishes newspaper Hambastegi. Ali Asghar Ahmadi is the General Secretary, an office previously held by Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Mohamadreza Raahchamani.[1] They have supported Mohammad Khatami in 2001 election, Mehdi Karoubi in 2005 and Mir-Hossein Mousavi in 2009.[3]

The party had some 50 seats in the Iranian Parliament during 2000–2004 and its fraction was headed by Qorban-Ali Qandahari.[5]

Platform

The party's platform embraces pluralism and freedom of speech while favouring mixed economy.[3] Its agenda is very similar to those of Islamic Iran Participation Front and the only difference between the two parties seems to be over "personal conflicts for leadership".[6]

Party leaders

Secretary-Generals
Name Tenure Ref
Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani 1998–2002
Ebrahim Asgharzadeh 2002–2006
Ali Asghar Ahmadi 2006–

References

  1. ^ a b c d "برگزاری کنگره حزب همبستگی به تصویب رسید/ قائم مقام دبیرکل حزب انتخاب شد" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. August 1, 2015. 13940510000520. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Islamic Iran Solidarity Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ Iran Report, vol. 4, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 26 February 2001, retrieved 15 May 2017
  6. ^ Masoud Kazemzadeh (2008), "Intra-Elite Factionalism and the 2004 Majles Elections in Iran", Middle Eastern Studies, 44 (2): 189–214, doi:10.1080/00263200701874867, S2CID 144111986 – via Taylor and Francis Online (subscription required)


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