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| Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
This article lists political parties in Iran.
Parties active inside Iran
Principlists
- Main active parties
- Other parties
| Party | Secretary-General |
|---|---|
| Islamic Society of Engineers | Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
| Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution | Malek Shariati |
| 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
- Other parties
- Banned parties
| Party | Secretary-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
| Party | Ideology | Religion | Secretary-General |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Front | Nationalism | Secular | Seyed Hossein Mousavian |
| Iran Party (member of the National Front) | Nationalism | Secular | The 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 | Secular | Zahra Gholamipour |
| Nation Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Khosrow Seif |
| Movement of Militant Muslims | Socialism | Islamic | Habibollah Peyman |
| Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists | Nationalism | Islamic | None |
| 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:
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Assembly of Iran (Tondar) | Frood Fouladvand |  United States |
| Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal Democrat | Foad Pashaie | United States |
| National Council of Iran | Reza Pahlavi II |  France |
| Iran-Novin Party | Dr. Hamed Sheibanyrad | France |
Ethnic
| Party | Ethnicity | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Mustafa Hijri |  Iraq |
| Kurdistan Democratic Party | Kurdish | Mostafa Moloudi | Iraq |
| Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Abdullah Mohtadi | Iraq |
| Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of Iran | Kurdish | Ibrahim Alizade | Iraq |
| Komala - Reform Faction | Kurdish | Omar Ilkhanizade | Iraq |
| Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan - Reunification Faction | Kurdish | Abdulla Konaposhi | Iraq |
| Kurdistan Freedom Party | Kurdish | Hussein Yazdanpanah | Iraq |
| Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle | Kurdish | Baba Sheikh Hosseini | Iraq |
| Kurdistan Free Life Party | Kurdish | Siamand Moini and Zîlan Vejîn |  Turkey |
| Lorestan Party of Iran | Lurs | Faramarz Bakhtiar |  Germany |
| Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement | Azeri | Mahmudali Chehregani |  Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization | Azeri | Unknown | Azerbaijan |
| South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement | Azeri | Piruz Dilanchi | Azerbaijan |
Leftists
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Maryam Rajavi | France Albania | |
| Tudeh Party of Iran | Mohammad Omidvar | Germany United Kingdom |
| Communist Party of Iran | Unknown | Unknown |
| Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Laborers' Party of Iran | Unknown |  Sweden |
| Labour Party of Iran (Toufan) | Unknown | Germany |
| Worker-communist Party of Iran | Hamid Taqvaee | Germany |
| Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist | Rahman Hosseinzadeh | Sweden |
| Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas | Ashraf Dehghani | United Kingdom |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian – Majority | Behrouz Khaliq | Germany |
| Fedaian Organisation – Minority | Akbar Kamyabi |  Netherlands |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Identity | Mehdi Same | France |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas | Hossein Zohari | Germany |
| Worker's Way | Unknown | Germany |
| Socialist Workers' Party of Iran | Unknown | United Kingdom |
Others
| Party | Ideology | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glorious Frontiers Party | Nationalism | Roozbeh Farahanipour | United States |
| Iranian Secular Democratic Party | Secularism | Esmail Nooriala | USA |
| Green Party of Iran | Green | Kazem Moussavi | Germany |
| Farashgard | Liberalism | 40 Activists | USA |
| Social Democratic and Laïc Party of Iran (member of National Front (Iran)) | Social democracy | Farhang Ghasemi | France |
See also
References
- ↑ Rohollah Faghihi (9 September 2015), "Tehran's ever-ambitious mayor", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2017
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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
External links
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