Political parties in Iran

This article lists political parties in Iran.

Parties active inside Iran

Principlists

Main active parties
Party Secretary-General
Combatant Clergy AssociationMohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani
Society of Seminary Teachers of QomMohammad Yazdi
Islamic Coalition PartyMohammad-Nabi Habibi
Society of Devotees of the Islamic RevolutionMohammad Javad Ameri
Front of Islamic Revolution StabilityMorteza Agha-Tehrani
YEKTA FrontHamid-Reza Haji Babaee
Other parties
Party Secretary-General
Islamic Society of EngineersMohammad-Reza Bahonar
Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic RevolutionParviz Sarvari
Islamic Association of PhysiciansShahabedin Sadr
Islamic Society of EmployeesKamal Sajjadi
Islamic Society of AthletesHassan Ghafourifard
Zeynab SocietyAzam Haji-Abbasi
Association of Islamic Revolution LoyalistsHassan Ghafourifard
Fadayeen of Islam SocietyMohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei
Development and Justice PartyAbdolhossein Ruholamini
Green PartyHossein Kanani Moghaddam
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic IranHossein Ghorbanzadeh
Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic IranAmir Mohebbian
Islamic Iran Freedom Party[1]Issa Kakoui

Reformists

Main active parties
Party Secretary-General
Association of Combatant ClericsMohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Islamic Labour PartyHossein Kamali
Executives of Construction PartyGholamhossein Karbaschi
National Trust PartyMehdi Karroubi
Union of Islamic Iran People PartyAli Shakouri-Rad
NEDA PartySadegh Kharazi
Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice Organization Mehdi Moghaddari
Moderation and Development PartyMohammad Bagher Nobakht
Other parties
Party Secretary-General
Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and ResearchersHossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Islamic Association of TeachersAbdolrazzagh Mousavi
Islamic Association of EngineersAli-Mohammad Gharbiani
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical SocietyMohammadreza Zafarghandi
Islamic Association of University InstructorsMahmoud Sadeghi
Association of Followers of the Imam's LineHadi Khamenei
Islamic Iran Solidarity PartyAli-Asghar Ahmadi
Democracy PartyMostafa Kavakebian
Will of the Iranian Nation PartyAhmad Hakimipour
Association of the Women of the Islamic RepublicZahra Mostafavi Khomeini
Islamic Assembly of LadiesFatemeh Karroubi
Worker HouseAlireza Mahjoub
Popular Party of ReformsMohammad Zare Foumani
Banned parties
Party Secretary-General
Islamic Iran Participation FrontMohsen Mirdamadi
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran OrganizationMohammad Salamati
The Green Path of HopeNone

Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran

Party Ideology Religion Secretary-General
National FrontNationalismSecularVacant
Pan-Iranist PartyPan-IranismSecularZahra Gholamipour
Nation PartyPan-IranismSecularKhosrow Seif
Movement of Militant MuslimsSocialismIslamicHabibollah Payman
Council of Nationalist-Religious ActivistsNationalismIslamicNone
Freedom Movement of IranNationalismIslamicMohammad Tavasoli
Azure Party (1942-1953) Nazism Islamic Defunct since 1953
SUMKA Nazism Secular Davud Monshizadeh

Opposition parties active in exile

Republicans

Party Leader Base
Iranian Secular Democratic PartyManoochehr Yazdian Germany
Iran Transition CouncilHassan Shariatmadari--

Monarchists

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

Party Leader Base
Kingdom Assembly of Iran (Tondar)Frood Fouladvand United States
Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal DemocratFoad Pashaie United States
National Council of IranReza Pahlavi France

Ethnic/Secessionist

Party Ethnicity Leader Base
Democratic Party of Iranian KurdistanKurdishMustafa Hijri Iraq
Kurdistan Democratic PartyKurdishMostafa Moloudi Iraq
Komala Party of Iranian KurdistanKurdishAbdullah Mohtadi Iraq
Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of IranKurdishIbrahim Alizade Iraq
Kurdistan Freedom PartyKurdishHussein Yazdanpanah Iraq
Organization of Iranian Kurdistan StruggleKurdishBaba Sheikh Hosseini Iraq
Kurdistan Free Life PartyKurdishSiamand Moini and Zîlan Vejîn Turkey
Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening MovementAzeriMahmudali Chehregani Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan National Resistance OrganizationAzeriUn­known Azerbaijan
South Azerbaijan National Liberation MovementAzeriPiruz Dilanchi Azerbaijan

Leftists

Party Leader Base
Maryam Rajavi France
 Albania
Tudeh Party of IranMohammad Omidvar Germany
 United Kingdom
Communist Party of IranUn­knownUn­known
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)Un­knownUn­known
Laborers’ Party of IranUn­known Sweden
Labour Party of IranUn­known Germany
Worker-communist Party of IranHamid Taqvaee Germany
Worker-communist Party of Iran – HekmatistRahman Hosseinzadeh Sweden
Iranian People's Fedai GuerrillasAshraf Dehghani United Kingdom
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian – MajorityBehrouz Khaliq Germany
Fedaian Organisation – MinorityAkbar Kamyabi Netherlands
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – IdentityMehdi Same France
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai GuerrillasHossein Zohari Germany
Worker’s WayUn­known Germany

Others

Party Ideology Leader Base
Glorious Frontiers PartyNationalismRoozbeh Farahanipour United States
Green Party of IranGreenKazem Moussavi Germany
Social Democratic Party of IranSocial democracyJalal Madani Germany
Iran RevivalLiberalism40 Activists USA

See also

References

  1. Rohollah Faghihi (9 September 2015), "Tehran's ever-ambitious mayor", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2017

Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran between two revolutions. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10134-7

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