Association of Combatant Clerics

Political party in Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Association of Combatant Clerics^[a] (Persian: مجمع روحانیون مبارز, romanized: Majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez) is an Iranian reformist clerical political party. It is regarded as a left-wing party within the Iranian political spectrum.^[7]

General SecretaryMohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha

SpokespersonMajid Ansari

Head of CouncilMohammad Khatami

FoundedMarch 16, 1988; 38 years ago

Quick facts General Secretary, Spokesperson ...

Association of Combatant Clerics Persian: مجمع روحانیون مبارز

General Secretary	Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Spokesperson	Majid Ansari
Head of Council	Mohammad Khatami
Founded	March 16, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-03-16)
Legalized	February 7, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-02-07)^[1]
Split from	Combatant Clergy Association^[2]
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Newspaper	Salam^[2]
Ideology	Reformism (Iranian)^[3] Clericalism (Iranian) Islamic liberalism^[4] Islamic democracy^[4] Historical: Social justice^[5]^[6]
Political position	Centre to centre-left^[A]
National affiliation	Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front
Other affiliation	Coalition For Iran (2004)
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections ^ A: Association of Combatant Clerics is a "left-wing" party in the Iran's political position.^[7]

History

The Association of Combatant Clerics was founded in 1987 after abolition of the Islamic Republican Party, the last political party of that time. The association was originally radical, populist,^[8] rather than reformist in orientation, and favored a focus "on exporting the revolution and calling for the state's monopoly over the economy,"^[9] rather than democracy and freedom of expression. As of 2007, it advocated limits on clerical power in Iranian politics and extending individual freedoms—though not to the extent that might "lead to secularism or liberalism."^[10]

After the resignation of Mehdi Karroubi from the post of secretary general, the party had no secretary general until late August 2005, when Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha was elected as the new secretary general. Former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami is the Chairman of the association's Central Council.

Members

According to Muhammad Sahimi, the party "has a significant number of followers and sympathizers among the younger clerics".^[11]

Central council members

28 members of the party's central council are:

Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (Secretary-General)
Majid Ansari (Speaker)
Mohammad Khatami (Head of Council)
Mohammad Hashemi
Hadi Khamenei
Ali Ajam
Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Mohammad-Ali Ansari
Mohammad Mousavi-Bojnourdi
Issa Velayi
Mohammad Razavi
Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi
Ali-Akbar Ashtiani
Mohammad-Ali Khosravi
Taqi Durchih'i
Serajeddin Mousavi
Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi
Fazel Ferdosi
Ali-Asghar Rahmani Khalili
Assadollah Kian-Ersi
Mohammad Moghaddam
Mojtaba Nourmofidi
Mohammad-Ali Nezamzadeh
Mehdi Emam-Jamarani
Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari
Mohammad-Ali Sadoughi
Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani

Other members

Notes

[a]
The party's name has been alternately translated Association of Militant Clergy, Assembly of Combatant Clerics, and Combatant Clerics League

References

[1]
"List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. 30 July 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
[2]
Bashiriyeh, Hossein (Spring–Summer 2001). "Civil Society and Democratisation during Khatami's First Term". Global Dialogue. 3 (2–3). Centre for World Dialogue: 19–26. ISSN 1986-2601. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
[3]
Badamchi, Meysam (2017). Post-Islamist Political Theory: Iranian Intellectuals and Political Liberalism in Dialogue . Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations. Vol. 5. Springer. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-319-59492-7.
[4]
Ahmad Ashraf and Ali Banuazizi (2001), "Iran's Tortuous Path Toward "Islamic Liberalism"", International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 15 (2): 237–256,
[5]
https://dokumen.pub/qdownload/a-social-revolution-politics-and-the-welfare-state-in-iran-1nbsped-0520280814-9780520280816.html
[6]
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1186422&language=en
[7]
Muḥammad Ja'far 'Ilmī; Ḥasan Ṭārimīʹrād, eds. (2012). Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press Limited. p. 22. Association also became divided and a new organisation called the Association of Combatant Clerics (Majma'-i RÙÎÁnÐyyÙn-i MubÁriz; referred to as the left wing clerical trend vis-à-vis the combatant clergy association referred to as the right wing clerical trend) came to be formed.

Asayesh, Hossein; Halim, Adlina Ab.; Jawan, Jayum A.; Shojaei, Seyedeh Nosrat (March 2011). "Political Party in Islamic Republic of Iran: A Review". Journal of Politics and Law. 4 (1). Canadian Center of Science and Education: 221–230. doi:10.5539/jpl.v4n1p221. ISSN 1913-9047.

Werner Ende; Udo Steinbach, eds. (2010), Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society, Cornell University Press, ISBN 9780801464898, Left-wing Islamists can be separated into three groups that cooperate with one another, the most important being the aforementioned MRM.... Initially left-wing Islamists pursued a strict policy of economic austerity. They subjected the economy to rigorous state controls...

Golkar, Saeid (2015). Captive Society: The Basij Militia and Social Control in Iran. Washington D.C.: Columbia University Press. p. 15. after a split in the Militant Clergy Association [Jame'e-e Rohaniat-e Mobarez], Rahmani joined the left-wing party known as the Assembly of Militant Clerics, or Majma'-e Rohaniun-e Mobarez.

Rahnema, Ali (20 February 2013) [15 December 2008]. "JAMʿIYAT-E MOʾTALEFA-YE ESLĀMI ii. Jamʿiyat-e Moʾtalefa and the Islamic Revolution". Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 5. Vol. XIV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 483–500. Retrieved 15 March 2016. ...Society of Tehran's Militant Clergy, became largely overshadowed by the left-leaning clerical faction of Society of Tehran's Militant Clerics (Majmaʿ-e ruhāniun-e mobārez-e Tehran).

Yadullah Shahibzadeh (2016). Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History. Springer. p. 94. ISBN 9781137578259. With Khomeini's backing, the leftist faction within the Society of Militant Clergy (Jameeh-ye Rouhaniyat-e Mobarez) left the organization and established the Association of Militant Clerics (Majma-e Rouhaniun-e Mobarez).

Bashiriyeh, Hossein (Spring–Summer 2001). "Civil Society and Democratisation during Khatami's First Term". Global Dialogue. 3 (2–3). Centre for World Dialogue: 19–26. ISSN 1986-2601. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. ...Association of Combatant Clerics, which was an important party in the left wing
[8]
Brumberg, Daniel, Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran, University of Chicago Press, 2001, p.162
[9]
Mneisi, Ahmad. "The power shift within Iran's right wing". Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2006. At the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
[10]
[Wright, Robin, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Penguin Press, 2008, p.300]
[11]
Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

Association of Combatant Clerics

History

Members

Central council members

Other members

See also

Notes

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks