List of political parties in Iran

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This article lists political parties in Iran .

Parties active inside Iran

Principlists

Main active parties
PartySecretary-General
Combatant Clergy Association Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Hashem Hosseini Bushehri
Islamic Coalition Party Asadollah Badamchian
Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Mohammad Javad Ameri
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Sadegh Mahsouli
YEKTA Front Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee
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:

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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
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

Farhang GhasemiFlag of France.svg  France

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  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