Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step ( fa, ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope ( fa, لیست امید) by

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 ...

, was the sole

coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

and

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affiliated with the

Iranian reform movement The Reformists ( fa, اصلاح‌طلبان, Eslâh-Talabân) are a political faction in Iran. Iran's "reform era" is sometimes said to have lasted from 1997 to 2005—the length of President Mohammad Khatami's two terms in office. The ...

for the 2016 legislative election. The group also endorsed candidates for the 2016 Assembly of Experts election. Reformists backed a list of 236 candidates for the

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and 77 for the Assembly of Experts, even though many of them are not reformists but moderate-leaning figures. The coalition includes Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front member groups, National Trust Party (close to Mehdi Karroubi), newly established Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party (close to

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

) and the

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''Followers of Velayat'' faction led by Ali Larijani.

Allied groups

* Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front * Moderation and Development Party * National Trust Party * Union of Islamic Iran People Party *

Followers of Wilayat Followers of Wilayat ( fa, رهروان ولایت; ''Rahrovan Velayat'') was the majority conservative parliamentary group active during the 9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2012–2016). Led by Ali Larijani, the fraction intended ...

Endorsing non-members

Freedom Movement of Iran The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; fa, نهضت آزادی ايران, Nahżat-e āzādi-e Irān) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslim ...

* Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran

Electoral performance

Endorsements

Presidents

Speakers of the Parliament

Political figures

Directors, actors and actresses

References

External links

Official Website

The List of Hope Website
Defunct political party alliances in Iran Electoral lists for Assembly of Experts election, 2016 Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2016 Reformist political groups in Iran {{Iran-party-stub