The Two Societies
جامعتین
Leader of SSTHashem Hosseini Bushehri
Leader of CCAAli Movahedi-Kermani
IdeologyPolitical Islam
Islamic Principlism
Ja'fari jurisprudence
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Khomeinism
Political positionRight wing
ReligionShia Islam
National affiliationPrinciplists
Assembly of Experts
69 / 86
Guardian Council jurisprudences
6 / 6
Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams
5 / 5

The Two Societies (Persian: جامعتین, Jāme'atein)[1] is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential[2] Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.[1]

The Two Societies declared a shared electoral list for 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election and won 69 seats out of 86. In 2016 elections, the two societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists, eventually winning 64≈66 seats out of 88.[3]

They also dominate Guardian Council.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Enis Erdem Aydin, 'A Separation? The Principalist Divide and the Parliamentary Elections in Iran' Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Istanbul: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, February 2012.
  2. ^ a b SHAUL, BAKHASH (12 September 2011). "Iran's Conservatives: The Headstrong New Bloc". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "تاثیر حمایت جامعه مدرسین در رای آوری نامزدهای خبرگان/کدام اعضای کنونی نامزد جامعه مدرسین نبودند؟". Khabaronline (in Persian). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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