Islamic Iran Solidarity Party ( fa, حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی; ''Hezb-e Hambastegi-e Iran-e Eslami'') is an Iranian reformist

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founded in 1998, by 10 members of Parliament of Iran. The party is a member of Council for coordinating the Reforms Front and publishes newspaper ''

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''. Ali Asghar Ahmadi is the General Secretary, an office previously held by

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and Mohamadreza Raahchamani. They have supported

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in 2001 election,

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and

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. The party had some 50 seats in the Iranian Parliament during 2000–2004 and its fraction was headed by Qorban-Ali Qandahari.

Platform

The party's platform embraces

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and

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while favouring mixed economy. Its agenda is very similar to those of

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and the only difference between the two parties seems to be over "personal conflicts for leadership".

Party leaders

References

Reformist political groups in Iran Political parties established in 1998 {{Iran-party-stub