Moderation and Development Party

The party is part of the faction called "modernist right", "moderate reformists" and "technocrats" that draws from upper-level bureaucrats, industrialists and managers.^[31] It deals with a platform on modernization and economic growth rather than social justice, along with the Executives of Construction Party and the Islamic Labour Party.^[32] The party has been allied with Popular Coalition of Reforms^[29] and Pervasive Coalition of Reformists^[33] in parliamentary elections and has had good relations with both Mohammad Khatami’s reform program and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.^[2] In April 2017, the party joined the supreme policymaking council of reformists.^[34]

Some sources branded them as part of the conservative camp in the 2000s^[35][36][37] or reformists under the leadership of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.^[38] In 2003, the party's spokesperson wrote in Hamshahri, a major Iranian newspaper, that the party regards itself among "true reformists", who are idealists, considering "social realities" interpreted with the "principle of moderation".^[6]

According to Ali Afshari, the party prioritizes economic expansion and follows free market policies, however a minority faction represented by members, such as Bagher Nobakht, advocate institutionalized economy and maintain that the government should interfere to regulate markets to a limited extent.^[7] They support limited political and cultural transformations, and believe political activism should only be within the frameworks of the constitution. The party also embraces Velâyat-e Faqih.^[7]

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