Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی | |
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General Secretary | Malek Shariati |
Founder | Alireza Zakani[1] |
Founded | November 1, 2008[2] |
Split from | Front of Transformationalist Principlists[2] |
National affiliation | Principlists |
The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution or Society for the Adherents of the Path of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Jam'iyyat-e Rahpuyān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008.
Members
[edit]Alireza Zakani is general secretary of the party. The group was formed as a fraction inside Iranian Parliament and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli.[2] Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council.[1]
Party leaders
[edit]Name | Tenure | Ref |
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Alireza Zakani | 2008–2016 | |
Parviz Sorouri | 2016–2018 | |
Mohammad Dehghan | 2018–2019 | |
Behzad Zare | 2019–2020 | |
Malek Shariati | 2020–2021 |
Name | Tenure | Ref |
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Parviz Sorouri | 2008–2016 | |
Behzad Zare | 2016–2018 | |
Zohreh Elahian | 2018–2024 |
Political stance
[edit]They are part of Front of Transformationalist Principlists, alongside Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution.[1] The Pathseekers were supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2011.[1] The Pathseekers have differences with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability; however, they formed an alliance against Ali Larijani's fraction in the Parliament.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online. 20 November 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ Amini, Tina. "Opinion - New Parliament Set for Faceoff with Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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