Hezbollah fraction
Iranian parliamentary group (1996–2000)
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The Hezbollah fraction (Persian: فراکسیون حزبالله, romanized: Feraksiyon-e Hezbollah, lit. 'Parliamentary Party of God')[1] was the conservative parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.
Hezbollah fraction | |
|---|---|
| Chamber | Iranian Parliament |
| Legislature(s) | 5th |
| Foundation | 1996 |
| Dissolution | 2000 |
| Member parties | Combatant Clergy Association Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Society of Engineers |
| President | Ali-Akbar Hosseini |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
Its leader was Ali-Akbar Hosseini.[2]
Political position
The group was formed as a countermove to establishment of the 'Hezbollah Assembly',[1] its main rival parliamentary group.[2]
Its members had been contested in the elections while included in the electoral list of the Combatant Clergy Association (CCA).[3] Formed by the "traditionalist right",[1] CCA members shaped core of the fraction.[2] Islamic Coalition Party and Islamic Society of Engineers were other prominent parties in the group.[4]
