Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran

Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran
انجمن اسلامی معلمان ایران
Secretary-General Abdolrazzagh Mousavi
Spokesperson Hassan Khalilabadi
Founder
Founded 1977
Legalised April 9, 1991 (1991-04-09)[1]
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Ideology Reformism
Political position Left-wing[2]
Religion Islam
National affiliation Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front
International affiliation None
Other affiliations
Colors      Cerulean
Website
aemi.ir

The Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran (Persian: انجمن اسلامی معلمان ایران) is an Iranian reformist[3] teacher's political organization/labor union. Most members of the association are employees of Ministry of Education.

According to its official website, the union was established by Mohammad Ali Rajai, Mohammad Beheshti and Mohammad Javad Bahonar before the revolution.

Former MPs Goharolsharieh Dastgheib, Ateghe Sediqi, Morteza Katiraie, Abbas Duzduzani are members of the association. Former Minister of Education Hossein Mozaffar is also a member.[1] In 2016, the former Secretary-General Davoud Mohammadi won a seat in the parliament backed by the List of Hope.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. Antoine, Olivier; Sfeir, Roy (2007), The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, Columbia University Press, p. 147
  3. Bashiriyeh, Hossein (Spring–Summer 2001). "Civil Society and Democratisation during Khatami's First Term". Global Dialogue. Centre for World Dialogue. 3 (2–3): 19–26. ISSN 1986-2601.
  4. "لیست انتخاباتی اصلاح‌طلبان در تهران + جدول سوابق". Iranian Labour News Agency (in Persian). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.


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