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 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 ...

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founded in 2015.

Establishment

In January 2015, it was confirmed by the

Ministry of Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

that it has received a request for a permit to establish a new political party. The reformists carried out some six similar initiatives for party formation in the past six months. It was officially given permission on April 20, 2015.

Members

Most members of the party are former members of

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 ...

, banned in 2009. The party was accused of being a "

front Front may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film * ''The Front'', 1976 film Music * The Front (band), an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and e ...

" for the banned

, which was tacticly denied by the party. Central council of the party consists of 30 members, including Gholamreza Ansari,

Hamidreza Jalaeipour Hamidreza Jalaeipour ( fa, حمیدرضا جلایی‌پور; born 1957) is an Iranian sociologist and journalist, member of the Central Council of the Iran participation front, assistant professor in the department of sociology at the Univers ...

Fatemeh Rakeei Fatemeh Rakeei ( fa, ‌‌فاطمه راکعی) is an Iranian politician, linguist, poet and Alzahra University Alzahra University ( fa, دانشگاه الزهرا, ''Dāneshgāh-e Alzahrā'') is a female-only public university in the Vana ...

and

Jalal Jalalizadeh Jalal Jalalizadeh (born in Sanandaj) is an Iranian Kurdish politician, University of Tehran professor, and political activist. Jalalizadeh was advisor to Iran's interior minister and also a representative of Sanandaj in Iran's 6th parliament. H ...

. Emadaddin Khatami, son of

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 ...

is also a member.

Party leaders

Current officeholders

;Parliament *

Farid Mousavi Seyyed Farid Mousavi ( fa, سید فرید موسوی) is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently a member of the Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslā ...

(Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) ;City Council of Tehran *

Zahra Sadr-Azam Nouri Zahra Sadr-Azam Nouri ( fa, زهرا صدراعظم نوری) is an Iranian reformist politician who former serves as a member of the City Council of Tehran. In 1996, she was appointed by Gholamhossein Karbaschi as the mayor of Tehran Tehr ...

Elham Fakhari Elham Fakhari (born in Isfahan, 1994) is a psychologist, painter, poet and former member of the Islamic Council of Tehran, Ray Cities and Tajrish and the head of the Islamic Council of Tehran Province. She also serves as a secretary in the 'Supre ...

Ali E'ta Ali E'ta ( fa, علی اعطا) is an Iranian architect and reformist politician. He currently serves as a member of the City Council of Tehran The Islamic City Council of Tehran ( fa, شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly ...

* Arash Hosseini Milani * Mahmoud Mirlohi

Elections

The party which intended to take part in the

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 ...

, was part of

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 ...

Notes & References

Reformist political groups in Iran Political parties established in 2015 2015 establishments in Iran {{Iran-party-stub