List of political parties in Iran

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This article lists political parties in Iran .

The course of faction and party relations

Constitutionalists
SDP MSP
DP RP
MP CPP SP
NP TP NF
PRN LM
NC IRP
Reformists Principlists

Current composition

Major factions

FactionIdeologyYear
founded		Political position 2024 Iranian presidential election Legislators
Popular Parliament Assembly of Experts Expediency Discernment Council
Reformists Republicanism 1997 Centre to centre-left 16,384,403 (
43 / 290
1 / 88
7 / 48
Principlists Islamism 1997 Right-wing to far-right 13,538,179 (
198 / 290
59 / 88
38 / 48

Parties active inside Iran

Parliament members

PartyLogoFoundedLeaderFactionPolitical position Parliament
CCIRF Logo of the Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces.svg 2019 Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Principlists Right-wing
106 / 290
FIRS Front of Islamic Revolution Stability logo.svg 2011 Sadegh Mahsouli Principlists Far-right
79 / 290
VNC Voice of the Nation.svg 2012 Ali Motahari Reformists Centre to Centre-right
43 / 290
CCA Combatant Clergy Association logo.svg 1977 Mostafa Pourmohammadi Principlists Right-wing
13 / 290
IND
44 / 290
Vacant
5 / 290

Principlists

Main active parties
PartyLogoFoundedSecretary-GeneralPolitical Position
Combatant Clergy Association Combatant Clergy Association logo.svg 1977 Mostafa Pourmohammadi Right-wing
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Front of Islamic Revolution Stability logo.svg 2011 Sadegh Mahsouli Far-right
Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Coalition Party logo.svg 1963 Asadollah Badamchian Right-wing
Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution logo.svg 1997 Mohammad Javad Ameri Right-wing
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.svg 1961 Hashem Hosseini Bushehri Right-wing
YEKTA Front 2015 Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee Right-wing
Other parties
PartySecretary-General
Islamic Society of Engineers Mohammad-Reza Bahonar
Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution Malek Shariati  [ fa ]
Islamic Association of Physicians Hossein Ali Shahriari
Islamic Society of Employees Kamal Sajjadi
Islamic Society of Athletes Hassan Ghafourifard
Zeynab Society Azam Haji-Abbasi
Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists Hassan Ghafourifard
Fadayeen of Islam Society Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei
Development and Justice Party Mehdi Vakilpour
Green Party Hossein Kanani Moghaddam
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran Mohammad Saeed Ahadian
Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran Amir Mohebbian
Islamic Iran Freedom Party [1] Issa Kakoui

Reformists

Main active parties
PartySecretary-General
Association of Combatant Clerics Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Islamic Labour Party Hossein Kamali
Executives of Construction Party Gholamhossein Karbaschi
National Trust Party Elias Hazrati
Union of Islamic Iran People Party Ali Shakouri-Rad
NEDA Party Sadegh Kharazi
Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice Organization Amir Taheri
Moderation and Development Party Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
Other parties
PartySecretary-General
Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Islamic Association of Teachers Abdolrazzagh Mousavi
Islamic Association of Engineers Ali-Mohammad Gharbiani
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society Mohammadreza Zafarghandi
Islamic Association of University Instructors Mahmoud Sadeghi
Association of Followers of the Imam's Line Hadi Khamenei
Islamic Iran Solidarity Party Ali-Asghar Ahmadi
Democracy Party Mostafa Kavakebian
Will of the Iranian Nation Party Ahmad Hakimipour
Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini
Islamic Assembly of Ladies Fatemeh Karroubi
Worker House Alireza Mahjoub
Popular Party of Reforms Mohammad Zare Foumani
Banned parties
PartySecretary-General
Islamic Iran Participation Front Mohsen Mirdamadi
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Mohammad Salamati
The Green Path of Hope None

Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran

PartyIdeologyReligionSecretary-General
National Front Nationalism Secular Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Iran Party (member of the National Front) Nationalism

Social Democracy

SecularThe party is managed by its central committee [2] [3]
Party of the Iranian People (member of the National Front) Left-wing nationalism Islamic Mohammadsadeh Maserrat
Pan-Iranist Party Pan-Iranism SecularZahra Gholamipour
Nation Party Pan-Iranism SecularKhosrow Seif
Movement of Militant Muslims Socialism Islamic Habibollah Peyman
Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists Nationalism IslamicNone
Freedom Movement of Iran Nationalism Islamic Mohammad Tavasoli

Opposition parties active in exile

Monarchists/Liberal-Conservative

All monarchist organizations are secular and support restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:

Contents

PartyLeaderBase
Kingdom Assembly of Iran (Tondar) [ citation needed ] Frood Fouladvand Flag of the United States.svg United States
Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal Democrat Foad PashaieFlag of the United States.svg United States
National Council of Iran Reza Pahlavi II Flag of France.svg France
Iran-Novin Party Dr. Hamed SheibanyradFlag of France.svg France

Ethnic

PartyEthnicityLeaderBase
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Kurdish Mustafa Hijri Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Kurdistan Democratic Party Kurdish Mostafa Moloudi Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan Kurdish Abdullah MohtadiFlag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of Iran Kurdish Ibrahim Alizade Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Komala - Reform Faction Kurdish Omar IlkhanizadeFlag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan - Reunification Faction Kurdish Abdulla KonaposhiFlag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Kurdistan Freedom Party Kurdish Hussein YazdanpanahFlag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle Kurdish Baba Sheikh HosseiniFlag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Kurdistan Free Life Party Kurdish Siamand Moini and Zîlan VejînFlag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Qashqai freedom path party Qashqai Ruhollah moradi qashqai Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Lorestan Party of Iran Lurs Faramarz Bakhtiar Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement Azeri Mahmudali Chehregani Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization Azeri Un­knownFlag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement Azeri Piruz Dilanchi Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan

Leftists

PartyLeaderBase
Maryam Rajavi Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Albania.svg Albania
Tudeh Party of Iran Mohammad OmidvarFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Communist Party of Iran Un­knownUn­known
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Un­knownUn­known
Laborers' Party of Iran Un­knownFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Labour Party of Iran (Toufan) Un­knownFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Worker-communist Party of Iran Hamid TaqvaeeFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist Rahman HosseinzadehFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas Ashraf Dehghani Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian – Majority Behrouz KhaliqFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Fedaian Organisation – Minority Akbar KamyabiFlag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Identity [ citation needed ]Mehdi SameFlag of France.svg France
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas [ citation needed ]Hossein ZohariFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Worker's Way Un­knownFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Socialist Workers' Party of Iran Un­knownFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Others

PartyIdeologyLeaderBase
Glorious Frontiers Party [ citation needed ] Nationalism Roozbeh Farahanipour Flag of the United States.svg United States
Iranian Secular Democratic Party Secularism Esmail Nooriala Flag of the United States.svg USA
Green Party of Iran Green Kazem MoussaviFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Farashgard Liberalism 40 ActivistsFlag of the United States.svg USA
Social Democratic and Laïc Party of Iran (member of National Front (Iran)) Social democracy

Secularism Nationalism

Farhang GhasemiFlag of France.svg France

Politically active groups

List of parties by political position

Political position key
PartyLeaderFounded
CCA Mostafa Pourmohammadi 1977
SST Hashem Hosseini Bushehri 1961
ICP Asadollah Badamchian 1963
SDIR Mohammad Javad Ameri 1995
FIRS Sadegh Mahsouli 2011
FCETI Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee 2015
ISE Mohammad Reza Bahonar 1991
SPIR Malek Shariati 2008
IAP Hossein-Ali Shahriyari 1993
ISE Kamal Sajjadi 1994
ISA Hassan Ghafourifard 1998
ZS Aʿzam Hājī-Abbāsī 1986
AIRL Hassan Ghafourifard 2003
SFI Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei 1946
DJP Mehdi Vakilpour 2007
Green Party Hossein Kanani Moghaddam 1999
QAYI Ruhollah Moradi Qashqai 2017
CCA Mohammad Saeed Ahadian 2008
MTPI Amir Mohebbian 2006
ACC Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha 1988
MTPI Hossein Kamali 1998
ECP Hossein Marashi 1996
MTPI Elias Hazrati 2005
NUP Azar Mansouri 2015
NEDA Shahabeddin Tabatabaei 2014
FGO Mehdi Moghaddari 1997
MDP Hassan Rouhani 1999
IAT Abdolrazzagh Mousavi 1999
IAE Ebrahim Asgharzadeh 1977
IAUI Mahmoud Sadeghi 1991
AFIL Hadi Khamenei 1991
ISP Mohammad Salari 1998
Democracy Party Mostafa Kavakebian 1999
HAMA Ahmad Hakimipour 1990
IAL Fatemeh Karroubi 1998
Worker House Alireza Mahjoub 1958
PPR Mohammad Zare Foumani 2012
IPF Mohsen Mirdamadi 1998
MIRO Mohammad Salamati 1991
GPH Mir-Hossein Mousavi 2009
National Front Seyed Hossein Mousavian 1949
Iran Party Bagher Ghadiri-Asl 1941
Party of the Iranian People Mohammadsadeh Maserrat 1949
Pan-Iranist Party Dr. Sohrab Azam Zangane 1941
Nation Party Khosrow Seif 1951
MMM Habibollah Payman 1977
CNRA Ezzatollah Sahabi 2000
FMI Mohammad Tavasoli 1961
Tondar Jamshid Sharmahd 2004
CPI Fouad Pashaei 1994
NCI Reza Pahlavi 2013
PDKI Mustafa Hijri 1945
KDP Khalid Azizi  2006
Komala Abdullah Mohtadi 1979
KCPI Ibrahim Alizade 1984
KTK Omar Ilkhanizade 2007
KPKRF Abdulla Konaposhi 2008
PAK Hussein Yazdanpanah 1991
Khabat Babeshekh Hosseini 1980
PJAK Peyman Viyan 2004
SANAM Mahmudali Chehregani 2002
ANRO Babek Chalabiyanli 2006
PMOI Maryam Rajavi 1965
TP Navid Shomali 1941
CPI Central committee 1983
CPIMLM 2001
LPI 1979
Toufan 1965
WCP Hamid Taqvaee 1991
WCP-H Jamal Kamangar 2004
IFPG Ashraf Dehghani 1979
OIPFM Behruz Khaligh 1980
FOM Akbar Kāmyābi 1987
OIPFG-FIP Mehdi Sāme 1983
OIPFG Ḥosayn Zohari 1985
WW 1978
SWPI Jamal Kamangar 1979
GFP Roozbeh Farahanipour 1998
GPI Kazem Moussavi 1999
IR 2018

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rohollah Faghihi (9 September 2015), "Tehran's ever-ambitious mayor", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2017
  2. ↑ "درگذشت دکتر باقر قدیری اصل دبیرکل فقید حزب ایران و عضو شورای مرکزی جبهه ملی ایران – تارنماي رسمي جبهه ملي ايران- تهران" (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  3. ↑ "اطلاعیه درباره مدیریت شورایی حزب ایران سال ۱۳۹۷". حزب ایران (in Persian). 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

Further reading

Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions . Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-10134-7

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