Green Party (Iran)

The Green Party of Iran (Persian: حزب سبز ایران‎, romanized: Ḥezb-e Sabz-e Irān) is a conservative[4] political party in Iran. The party's founder Hossein Kanani Moghaddam describes it as a centrist party “between the fundamentalists and reformists”.[5] As of 2017, two party members Abolfazl Hassanbeigi (Damghan) and Yousef Davoudi (Sarab) hold seat in the Iranian Parliament.

Not to be confused with Iranian Green Movement.
For the exiled opposition party, see Green Party of Iran.
Green Party of Iran
Secretary-GeneralHossein Kanani Moghaddam
FoundedOctober 1999 (1999-10)[1]
LegalizedSeptember 4, 2000 (2000-09-04)
ReligionIslam
National affiliationResistance Front of Islamic Iran[2]
Continental affiliationInternational Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP)[3]
Parliament
2 / 290
Website
greenpartyiran.com

References
  1. Bill Samii (11 October 1999), Iran Report, 2, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, retrieved 15 May 2017
  2. Rohollah Faghihi (22 June 2016), "Iranian conservatives may be forced to embrace Rouhani", Al-Monitor, retrieved 8 February 2016
  3. "List of Participants and Observers in the 15 SC Meeting", International Conference of Asian Political Parties, retrieved 4 April 2017
  4. Saeid Jafari (31 August 2015), "Could Iran's next president be former TV boss?", Al-Monitor, retrieved 8 February 2016
  5. Jonathan Steele (20 May 2015), "In a Middle East racked by turmoil Iranians have fallen in love with stability", Middle East Eye, retrieved 4 April 2017


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