The Coalition of Eight Reformist Parties ( fa, ائتلاف هشت حزب اصلاح‌طلب) refers to the

political alliance A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...

of eight

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can eve ...

parties that endorsed a joint

electoral list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

for

2020 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Iran on 21 February 2020, four years after the previous legislative election in 2016. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the second round, to elect eleven seats, was postponed until 11 September 2020. Can ...

in Tehran electoral district. The group was formed after the main umbrella group of the camp, the Reformists' Council for Policymaking, declared that it won't compile a list as a result of vast disqualifications by the

Guardian Council The Guardian Council, (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, fa, شورای نگهبان, Shourā-ye Negahbān) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence i ...

, while allowing the parties within to form their own coalitions. It was one of the two lists spawned from the camp, the other being

Friends of Hashemi Friends of Hashemi ( fa, یاران هاشمی, Yaran-e Hashemi, referring to supporters of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani) was an electoral list for the 2020 Iranian legislative election, which was announced by the Executives of Construction Party an ...

. The coalition was initially supposed to be formed by twelve parties, and its tentative title was 'Reformists in the Capital'. At last, four of those parties were not present in the coalition and the name ''Etelaf Barayeh Iran'' ( fa, ائتلاف برای ایران, lit=Coalition for Future of Iran) was selected for the list. It was headed by

Majid Ansari Majid Ansari ( fa, مجید انصاری; born in 1954 in Khanuk, Kerman Province) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was formerly Vice President for Legal Affairs from July 12, ...

Association of Combatant Clerics The Association of Combatant Clerics ( fa, مجمع روحانیون مبارز, ''Majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez'') is an Iranian reformist clerical political party. It is regarded as a left-wing party within the Iranian political spectrum. Hi ...

, and included incumbents such as

Mostafa Kavakebian Mostafa Kavakebian ( fa, مصطفی کواکبیان; born 18 March 1963) is an Iranian reformist politician and representative of Tehran at the Parliament of Iran. He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 ...

of the Democracy Party and Alireza Mahjoub of the

Worker House “Human is entitled to nothing but his own efforts”. , founded = , legalised = as political organization , headquarters = Tehran, Iran , wing1_title = Political branch , wing1 = Islamic Labour Party , wing2_title = Former political af ...

. The result of the election was a major blow to the coalition, as all of the candidates were defeated by a wide margin amid the lowest ever turnout recorded in the

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Parties in coalition

The eight parties were: * Democracy Party *

Islamic Labour Party The Islamic Labor Party ( fa, حزب اسلامی کار, Hezb-e Eslâmi-ye Kâr) is a reformist party in Iran and splinter group to the trade union Worker House. A supporter of Mohammad Khatami’s reform program, it is reportedly based on a p ...

Islamic Iran Solidarity Party Islamic Iran Solidarity Party ( fa, حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی; ''Hezb-e Hambastegi-e Iran-e Eslami'') is an Iranian Iranian reform movement, reformist political party founded in 1998, by 10 members of Parliament of Iran. The pa ...

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

*Assembly of Educators of Islamic Iran *National Unity and Cooperation Party of Islamic Iran *Freedom Party

References

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