Nedaye Iranian Party ( fa, حزب ندای ایرانیان, lit=Voice of Iranians, ''Hezb-e Nuday-e 'Iranian'') —NEDA is the official

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standing for 'Second Generation of Reforms' ( fa, نسل دوم اصلاحات, Nasl-e Dovom-e Eslahat)— is a

reformist 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 eve ...

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 ...

with

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

leanings that held its first congress in 2015. It was the first party that emerged after the reformist crackdown during

2009 Iranian presidential election protests After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests co ...

, followed by the

Union of Islamic Iran People Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party ( fa, حزب اتحاد ملت ایران اسلامی, ''Hezb-e Ettehad-e Mellat-e Iran-e Eslami'') is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 2015. Establishment In January 2015, it was confirmed by t ...

. The majority of members belong to the youth wing of banned

Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front ( fa, جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Kho ...

and are in their early 30s. The party was in coalition with the

Pervasive Coalition of Reformists Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step ( fa, ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope ( fa, لیست امید) by Mohammad Khatami, was the sole coalition and electoral list affiliated w ...

during

2016 Iranian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for all seats in the 10th parliament in the Islamic Republic era and the 34th since the Persian Constitutional Revolution. A seco ...

Party leaders

References

External links

Official site
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