The Hezbollah Assembly or Assembly of Hezbollah ( fa, مجمع حزبالله, Majma'-e Hezbollah, lit=Parliamentary Union of the Party of God)
was a
parliamentary group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary party, or parliamentary caucus is a group consisting of some members of the same political party or electoral fusion of parties in a legislative assembly such as a parliament or a city council.
Parliamentar ...
in the
Iranian Parliament
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...
between 1996 and 2000.
It has been described as "a moderate grouping of legislative members positioned in the counterpoint of
''Hezbollah'' raction and a "
parliamentary alliance" between the
modernist right and the
Islamic left.
Its leader was
Abdollah Nouri
Abdollah Noori ( fa, عبدالله نوری ) is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian ...
,
who was later succeeded 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, ...
.
Political position
It was founded in 1996 mainly by the candidates included in the electoral list of the right-wing
Executives of Construction, which according to Banks ''et al.'', is believed to have won 90 to 100 seats.
was the another major group in the parliamentary group with some 30 seats, according to Wilfried Buchta.
Members of the
Worker House “Human is entitled to nothing but his own efforts”.
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, legalised = as political organization
, headquarters = Tehran, Iran
, wing1_title = Political branch
, wing1 = Islamic Labour Party
, wing2_title = Former political af ...
were also in the parliamentary group.
The group was supportive of
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...
and endorsed
Mohammad Khatami
Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...
in his successful bid for
1997 Iranian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 23 May 1997, which resulted in an unpredicted win for the reformist candidate Mohammad Khatami. The election was notable not only for the lopsided majority of the winner - 70% - but for the high turnou ...
,
before declaring their support for candidacy of
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh ( fa, میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the forty-ninth and last Prime Minister of Ira ...
.
References
Iranian Parliament fractions
1996 establishments in Iran
2000 disestablishments in Iran
5th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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