Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader
Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader جبهه پیروان خط امام (ره) و رهبری | |
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| President | Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
| First Secretary | Asadollah Badamchian[1] |
| Secretary | Manouchehr Mottaki |
| Spokesperson | Seyed Kamal Sajjadi[1] |
| Founder | Habibollah Asgaroladi |
| Student wing | Islamic Society of Students |
| Women's wing | Zeynab Society |
| Political position | Right wing |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists |
| International affiliation | None |
| Alliance |
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| Parliament[2] |
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| City Council of Tehran |
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Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader (Persian: جبهه پیروان خط امام (ره) و رهبری), formerly known as Islamic Aligned Organizations (Persian: تشکل‌های اسلامی همسو)[3] is a Coalition of Iranian Principlist political groups. The group which consists of a wide range of traditional conservative parties, is active since administration of Mohammad Khatami, and is aligned with The two Societies.[4]
The coalition was the main conservative electoral list for the Iranian legislative election, 2000,[5] but became part of United Front of Conservatives' list for the 2008 and 2012 legislative elections.[4]
They endorsed 31 candidates for the City Council of Tehran in the Iranian local elections, 2013,[6] only Abbas Sheybani was able to win a seat.
Parties
The members of the coalition include:[1][4]
- Islamic Coalition Party: secretary-general Mohammad-Nabi Habibi
- Islamic Society of Engineers: secretary-general Mohammad-Reza Bahonar
- Islamic Society of Majlis sessions representatives: secretary-general Mohsen Kouhkan
- Islamic Society of Students
- Islamic Society of Academics
- Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran: secretary-general Shahab od-Din Sadr
- Islamic Society of Employees: secretary-general Seyed Kamal Sajjadi
- Islamic Society of Athletes: secretary-general Hassan Ghafourifard
- Islamic Society of Workers
- Islamic Society of Educators
- Zeinab Society
- Association of Graduates of Indian Subcontinent: secretary-general Manouchehr Mottaki
- Union of Islamic Associations of Guilds and Bazaaris
References
- 1 2 3 "جبهه پیروان امام (ره) و رهبری، ائتلاف اکثریت اصولگرایان" (in Persian). Parsine. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ "جبهه پیروان خط امام و رهبری لیست نامزدهای مورد حمایت خود در انتخابات مجلس را منتشر کرد", Khabaronline, 8 February 2016, retrieved 1 August 2016
- ↑ Moslem, Mehdi (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 53, ISBN 9780815629788
- 1 2 3 "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ Elections held in 2000 IPU
- ↑ "فهرست جبهه پیروان برای شورای شهر" (in Persian). Entekhab. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
