Front of Islamic Revolution Stability ( fa, جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی, Jebha-ye pāydārī-e enqelāb-e eslāmī, also translated Persevering Front, Endurance Front and Steadfast Front) is an Iranian principlist political group described as " extreme end of the fundamentalist camp" and "Iran’s most right-wing party". It was established as an

electoral list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

for the 2012 legislative election. The Front is partly made up of former ministers of

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

and

Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi Ayatollah Taqi Mesbah ( fa, تقی مصباح‌; born Taqi Givechi, fa, تقی گیوه‌چی), commonly known as Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi ( fa, محمدتقی مصباح‌ یزدی, 31 January 1935 – 1 January 2021) was an Iranian Shi' ...

is said to be the "spiritual leader" behind the group. In 2013, the Front supported

Saeed Jalili Saeed Jalili ( fa, سعید جلیلی; born 1 September 1965) is an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment ...

for

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

after

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani Kamran Bagheri Lankarani ( fa, کامران باقری لنکرانی; born 1965) is an Iranian physician and politician who was Minister of Health and Medical Education from 2005 until 2009. Born in 1965, he finished medical school at Shiraz U ...

's withdrawal, and released

for

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in several cities, with a

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Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

City Council. The front declares that it stands against both “sedition” (

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 con ...

) and the “ deviant current”. Rajanews website is its online mouthpiece.

Election results

President

Parliament

City councils

Members

Party leaders

Current officeholders

;Parliament members * Ahmad Salek (Isfahan) * Mohammad Esmaeil Saeidi (Tabriz) *

Mojtaba Zonnour Mojtaba Zonnour ( fa, مجتبی ذوالنور; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative politician who, , represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament. He declared that he was SARS-CoV-2-positive on 27 February 2020. Polit ...

(Qom) * Ahmad Amirabadi (Qom) *

Javad Karimi-Ghodousi Javad Karimi-Ghodousi ( fa, جواد کریمی قدوسی) is an Iranian conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. ...

(Mashhad) *

Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi Sayyid Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi ( fa, سید امیرحسین قاضی‌زاده هاشمی; born 14 April 1971) is an Iranian conservative politician, ENT surgeon, and the current Vice President of Iran and head of Foundation of Martyrs a ...

(Mashhad) *

Nasrollah Pejmanfar Nasrollah Pejmanfar ( fa, نصرالله پژمان‌فر) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, pra ...

(Mashhad) * Ehsan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (Fariman) * Hossein Naghavi-Hosseini (Varamin) * Mohammad-Mehdi Zahedi (Kerman) * Mohammad-Javad Abtahi (Khomeinishahr) * Hossein-Ali Haji-Deligani (Shahin Shahr) * Alireza Salimi (Mahallat)

Notes and references

2011 establishments in Iran Principlist political groups in Iran Political parties established in 2011 Far-right political parties Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2012 Right-wing populist parties {{Iran-party-stub