2008 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because "all the mos ...

, they formed "''Popular Coalition of Reforms''", consisting of 14 groups.

Mostafa Kavakebian Mostafa Kavakebian ( fa, مصطفی کواکبیان; born 18 March 1963) is an Iranian reformist politician and representative of Tehran at the Parliament of Iran. He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 ...

and

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were key figures of the alliance. Other than Democracy Party, Islamic Assembly of Women and some of

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politicians –not the party itself– were notable parties of the coalition. The coalition was allied with National Trust Party and

Moderation and Development Party Moderation and Development Party ( fa, حزب اعتدال و توسعه, Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh) is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002. Platform The party is part of t ...

in the election and competed with

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's "Reformists Coalition: Friends of Khatami" list, as well as conservative

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and

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2012 parliamentary election

Led by

, in the

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they were renamed to "''Reformists Front''", a name similar to the "'' Reforms Front''" —which decided not to participate in the election. Some reformist groups ruled out any cooperation with the ''Reformists Front'', and some even labeled them as “fake reformists” ( fa, اصلاح‌طلبان بدلی). In Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district they were allied with the

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and endorsed 15 shared candidates. The two groups were the most notable reformist parties competing in the elections.

Democracy Party departure and front split

In early summer 2014, Democracy Party left the front in order to be able to remain in the

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. Following the exit, a split occurred in the front. One faction believed the Deputy Secretary-General Mohammad-Javad Haghshenas takes the Secretary-General office, and the other faction elected Ali Faezi as the new Secretary-General and retained Majid Mohtashami as Spokesperson. On 26 October 2014, one faction tried to register the front in the

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and become the legitimate faction. In October 2014, former leader

criticized their decision to form a parallel reformist alliance in

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, but defended their participation in

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2016 parliamentary election

The front issued a list for the

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which was 100% overlapping with the

List of Hope 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 ...

Membership

The front includes minor political parties as well as local parties and less formal groups and organizations. Groups mentioned as members of the alliance by sources include: *Freedom Party ( fa, حزب آزادی) *Iran National Union Party ( fa, حزب اتحاد ملی ايران) *Children of Iran Party ( fa, حزب فرزندان ايران) *Association for Solidarity of Iran Educators ( fa, کانون همبستگی فرهنگيان ايران), founded in 1999 *Iran's Progress Party ( fa, حزب ترقی ايران) *Independent Labour Party ( fa, حزب مستقل کار) *Political Population of Iran National Power ( fa, جمعيت سياسي اقتدار ملی ايران) *Population of Advocates of Law & Order ( fa, جمعيت طرفدار نظم و قانون), founded in 1998 *Population of Followers of Tomorrow ( fa, جمعيت رهروان فردا) *Society of Lawyers Defending Human Rights ( fa, کانون وکلای مدافع حقوق بشر), founded in 1998 *Glorious Iran Party ( fa, حزب ايران سرافراز) *Development Pioneers Party ( fa, حزب پيشگامان توسعه) *Kermanshah Province Development Party ( fa, حزب توسعه استان کرمانشاه) *Mahestan Association ( fa, کانون مهستان) *Association of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Youth ( fa, کانون جوان چهارمحال و بختياری) *Association of Educators and Graduates of Payame Noor University ( fa, کانون مدرسين و فارغ‌التحصيلان دانشگاه پيام نور کشور) *Association of Academics of University of Isfahan ( fa, انجمن دانشگاهيان دانشگاه اصفهان) *Assembly of Students and Graduates of Bushehr Province ( fa, مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان بوشهر) *Assembly of Students and Graduates of Isfahan Province ( fa, مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان اصفهان) *Assembly of Students and Graduates of Golestan Province ( fa, مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان گلستان) *Assembly of Students and Graduates of East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان آذربايجان شرقی) *Assembly of Students and Graduates of Ilam Province ( fa, مجمع دانشجويان و دانش‌آموختگان استان ايلام) *Association for Graduates of West Azarbaijan ( fa, کانون فارغ‌التحصيلان آذربايجان غربی), founded in 1998 *Association for Graduates of Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni ( fa, کانون فارغ‌التحصيلان ابوريحان بيرونی), founded in 1999 *Gilan Popular Participations Party ( fa, حزب مشارکت‌های مردمی گيلان) *

Popular Party of Reforms The Popular Party of Reforms ( fa, حزب مردمی اصلاحات, Ḥezb-e Mardomī-e Eṣlāḥāṭ‎) is a political party in Iran. It is led by the cleric Mohammad Zare Foumani, who was fired by Mehdi Karroubi from his presidential campai ...

Former members

* Democracy Party (2000–2014) * Islamic Assembly of Women (2008) ;Former allied groups * National Trust Party (2008) *

(2008) *

(2012)

References

External links

Official website
{{Electoral lists in Iran Political party alliances in Iran Reformist political groups in Iran Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2008 Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2012