The Green Party of Iran (GPI; fa, حزب سبزهای ایران, Hezb-e-sabz Hayeh Iran) is a
Green
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political party dissident to Iran's
Islamic Republic government.
A Banned party without any physical presence in Iran, it has a radical stance towards
Iranian Department of Environment and considers it a "''façade'' of environmental concern for the benefit of international observers", arguing that it "covers up environmental disasters of the state".
It is an exception to the Iranian environmentalist movement, in which most of organizations and NGOs are tolerated, and sometimes encouraged by the government.
The party was founded in
California
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, U.S. as a "professional
Iranian expatriate opposition" and was reportedly based in
Canada
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as of 1999. As of 2014, it is based in
Germany
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.
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Green Party of Iran
Green political parties
Banned political parties in Iran
1999 establishments in California
Political parties established in 1999
Green political parties in Germany
Iranian organizations based in Germany
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