The Green Party ( fa, حزب سبز, Ḥezb-e Sabz) is a
conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
political party in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. The party's founder Hossein Kanani Moghaddam describes it as a
centrist
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party “between the fundamentalists and
reformists
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 e ...
”.
As of 2017, two party members Abolfazl Hassanbeigi (Damghan) and Yousef Davoudi (
Sarab) hold seat in the
Iranian Parliament.
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Green Party
1999 establishments in Iran
Principlist political groups in Iran
Political parties established in 1999
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