Reformists Front

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Not to be confused with Reforms Front.
Reformists Front
جبهه اصلاح‌طلبان
SecretaryMajid Bahmanzadeh
SpokespersonMajid Mohtashami
Claiming secretaries-generalAli Faezi
Mohammad-Javad Haghshenas
FounderMostafa Kavakebian
Founded
  • 1999 (Initial activities)[1]
  • January 7, 2005 (2005-01-07)[2]
  • January 1, 2012 (2012-01-01) (Rebirth)[1][3]
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
National affiliationIranian reformists

Reformists Front (Persian: جبهه اصلاح‌طلبان), formerly called Democracy Front (Persian: جبهه مردمسالاری)[4] and Front for Consolidation of Democracy (Persian: جبهه تحکیم دموکراسی),[2] is an Iranian reformist political alliance of "little-known parties" formerly pivoted by Democracy Party.[5]

History

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2008 parliamentary election

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Popular Coalition of Reforms
ائتلاف مردمی اصلاحات
PresidentMostafa Kavakebian[6]
SpokespersonFatemeh Karroubi[6]
Vice PresidentGhodratali Heshmatian[7]
SloganPersian: همکاری ملی و اصلاحات مردمی برای بهبود زندگی "National Cooperation and Popular Reforms to Improve Life"[6]

In 2008 Iranian legislative election, they formed "Popular Coalition of Reforms", consisting of 14 groups.[7] Mostafa Kavakebian and Fatemeh Karroubi were key figures of the alliance.[6] Other than Democracy Party, Islamic Assembly of Women and some Islamic Iran Solidarity Party politicians—not the party itself—were notable members of the coalition.[7] The coalition was allied with National Trust Party and Moderation and Development Party in the election and competed with Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front's "Reformists Coalition: Friends of Khatami" list, as well as conservative United Front of Principlists and Principlists Pervasive Coalition.[5][8][9]

2012 parliamentary election

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Led by Mostafa Kavakebian, in the 2012 Iranian legislative election they were renamed to "Reformists Front", a name similar to the "Reforms Front"[10]—which decided not to participate in the election.[11] Some reformist groups ruled out any cooperation with the Reformists Front, and some even labeled them as “fake reformists” (Persian: اصلاح‌طلبان بدلی).[12] In Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district they were allied with the Worker House and endorsed 15 shared candidates. The two groups were the most notable reformist parties competing in the elections.[5][13][14]

Democracy Party departure and front split

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In early summer 2014, Democracy Party left the front in order to be able to remain in the Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front. Following the exit, a split occurred in the front. One faction believed the Deputy Secretary-General Mohammad-Javad Haghshenas takes the secretary-general office, and the other faction elected Ali Faezi as the new secretary-general and retained Majid Mohtashami as spokesperson. On 26 October 2014, one faction tried to register the front in the Ministry of Interior and become the legitimate faction.[1][15][16][17] In October 2014, former leader Mostafa Kavakebian criticized their decision to form a parallel reformist alliance in 2008, but defended their participation in 2012.[18]

2016 parliamentary election

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The front issued a list for the 2016 Iranian legislative election which was 100% overlapping with the List of Hope.[19]

Membership

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The front includes minor political parties as well as local parties and less formal groups and organizations. Groups mentioned as members of the alliance by sources include:

  • Freedom Party (Persian: حزب آزادی)[10]
  • Iran National Union Party (Persian: حزب اتحاد ملی ايران)[10]
  • Children of Iran Party (Persian: حزب فرزندان ايران)[10]
  • Association for Solidarity of Iran Educators (Persian: کانون همبستگی فرهنگيان ايران),[10] founded in 1999
  • Iran's Progress Party (Persian: حزب ترقی ايران)[20]
  • Independent Labour Party (Persian: حزب مستقل کار)[20]
  • Political Population of Iran National Power (Persian: جمعيت سياسي اقتدار ملی ايران)[10]
  • Population of Advocates of Law & Order (Persian: جمعيت طرفدار نظم و قانون),[10] founded in 1998
  • Population of Followers of Tomorrow (Persian: جمعيت رهروان فردا)[20]
  • Society of Lawyers Defending Human Rights (Persian: کانون وکلای مدافع حقوق بشر), founded in 1998
  • Glorious Iran Party (Persian: حزب ايران سرافراز)[20]
  • Development Pioneers Party (Persian: حزب پيشگامان توسعه)[20]
  • Kermanshah Province Development Party (Persian: حزب توسعه استان کرمانشاه)[20]
  • Mahestan Association (Persian: کانون مهستان)[21]
  • Association of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Youth (Persian: کانون جوان چهارمحال و بختياری)[21]
  • Association of Educators and Graduates of Payame Noor University (Persian: کانون مدرسين و فارغ‌التحصيلان دانشگاه پيام نور کشور)[21]
  • Association of Academics of University of Isfahan (Persian: انجمن دانشگاهيان دانشگاه اصفهان)[10]
  • Assembly of Students and Graduates of Bushehr Province (Persian: مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان بوشهر)[20]
  • Assembly of Students and Graduates of Isfahan Province (Persian: مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان اصفهان)[21]
  • Assembly of Students and Graduates of Golestan Province (Persian: مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان گلستان)[20]
  • Assembly of Students and Graduates of East Azerbaijan Province (Persian: مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان آذربايجان شرقی)[21]
  • Assembly of Students and Graduates of Ilam Province (Persian: مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان ايلام)[20]
  • Association for Graduates of West Azarbaijan (Persian: کانون فارغ‌التحصيلان آذربايجان غربی),[10] founded in 1998
  • Association for Graduates of Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni (Persian: کانون فارغ‌التحصيلان ابوريحان بيرونی),[10] founded in 1999
  • Gilan Popular Participations Party (Persian: حزب مشارکت‌های مردمی گيلان)[20]
  • Popular Party of Reforms[22]

Former members

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Former allied groups

References

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