Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament
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Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament | |
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| President | Saeid Zibakalam |
| Spokesperson | Amir Tafreshi |
| Founded | 23 January 2020 |
| Ideology | Conservatism[1] |
| Colors | Gold Olive |
| Seats won | 2 / 290 (0.7%)
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| Website | |
| majles-edalatkhah | |
The Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament (Persian: پویش مجلس عدالتخواه) or simply the Justice Seekers (Persian: عدالتخواهان, romanized: Edalatkhahan) are a group of conservatives who compiled an electoral list for 2020 Iranian legislative election.[1][2]
With most members belonging to the younger generation, they maintain close ties to the university campuses in Tehran, as well as other major cities.[2] The group has been spawned from inside the conservative camp.[1] It is described as possessing "left-leaning tendencies" by Al-Monitor,[1] while in 2019 Radio Farda called the group right-wing.[3] According to Farhad Rezaei, despite senior members of the group have previously cooperated with Basij, leadership of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had not sided with them in the past.[4] Before, they had actively supported Saeed Jalili's campaign for 2013 presidential election.[5]
Ideologically, the group is not only against the reformists, but also opposes the conservatives in the establishment who they assume as "participants in systemic corruption".[2] On the other hand, far-right conservatives assume that they are "practically communists".[1] While members of the group did not hold a single view on all issues, they were generally against the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.[1] A senior candidate of the list supported the 2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran and was a leader of a demonstration against Hassan Rouhani for speaking on the phone with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2013.[1] Their campaign primarily focused on anti-corruption themes.[2]
Leadership
The senior figures in the group were Saeid Zibakalam, Mohammad Sadegh Shahbazi and Vahid Ashtari.[1]
