Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude
Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت | |
|---|---|
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| President | Mehrdad Bazrpash |
| Spokesperson | Mohammad-Ali Ramin |
| Founded | 2006[1] |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Split from | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran[1] |
| Succeeded by | |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology |
Populism Fundamentalism |
| Political position | Right-wing to Far-right |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists[1] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Alliance | United Front of Principlists (2008) |
| Party flag | |
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The Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude[5] or Sweet Scent of Servitude (Persian: ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت) was an Iranian principlist political group supporting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his government.
2006 local elections
The group was founded a few months before the Iranian local elections, 2006, and was able to win seats in several City and Village Councils of Iran. They had no candidates in Ilam, Sari, Kerman, Gorgan and Khorramabad. According to Fars News Agency, the results were as follows:[6][7]
| City | Seats won |
|---|---|
| Tehran | 3 / 15 (20%) |
| Ardabil | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Urmia | 1 / 9 (11%) |
| Isfahan | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Arak | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Bushehr | 1 / 7 (14%) |
| Kermanshah | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Bandar Abbas | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Tabriz | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Bojnurd | 2 / 7 (29%) |
| Birjand | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Hamedan | 4 / 9 (44%) |
| Yasuj | 1 / 7 (14%) |
| Yazd | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Rasht | 1 / 9 (11%) |
| Mashhad | 3 / 11 (27%) |
| Shiraz | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Zanjan | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Semnan | 3 / 7 (43%) |
| Sanandaj | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Qom | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Qazvin | 0 / 9 (0%) |
| Shahrekord | 0 / 9 (0%) |
| Zahedan | 0 / 9 (0%) |
Parliament elections
2008
They competed in the Iranian legislative election, 2008 as part of United Front of Conservatives.[8] After the elections, their winning candidates formed a new fraction named "Islamic Revolution", claiming to have 90 members.[1]
2012
In 2010, some reports indicated a dispute inside the group,[1] and in the Iranian legislative election, 2012, some members formed Stability Front, claiming not to support the followers of Ahmadinejad.[5] Another newly formed group called Monotheism and Justice Front, was linked to Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Farnaz Hassanalizadeh (20 October 2010). "The end of Pleasant Scent of Servitude?". Shargh (in Persian) (1091). p. 1.
- ↑ Farshid Ghazanfarpoor (8 March 2015). "Principlists seeking a good deal for the elections". Shahrvand (in Persian) (519). p. 2.
- ↑ "Governments and Elections". Javan Online (in Persian). 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "YEKTA's excuse to run away from the law". Iran (in Persian) (5955). 17 June 2015. p. 1.
- 1 2 "Political road map of Iran before the Parliamentary (Majlis) elections". Today's Zaman. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ↑ "آرايش سياسي منتخبان شوراها" (in Persian). Ebtekar Newspaper. 1385-09-28
- ↑ "نتايج قطعي انتخابات شوراها در ۲۴ مركز استان" (in Persian). asre-nou.net.
- ↑ "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ "تغییر نقشه سیاسی اصولگرایان در آستانه انتخابات" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2015.