List of political parties in Iran
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This article lists political parties in Iran.
The course of faction and party relations
Current composition
Major factions
| Faction | Ideology | Year founded |
Political position |
2024 presidential election |
Legislators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Assembly of Experts |
Expediency Discernment Council | ||||||
| Reformists | Islamic democracy[1] Republicanism[2] |
1997 | Centre[5] to centre-left[8][a] |
16,384,403 (54.8%) | 43 / 290 |
1 / 88 |
7 / 48 | |
| Principlists | Islamic fundamentalism Conservatism (Iranian)[11] |
Right-wing[15] to far-right[21] |
13,538,179 (45.2%) | 198 / 290 |
59 / 88 |
38 / 48 | ||
Parties active inside Iran
Parliament members
| Party | Founded | Leader | Faction | Political position | Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces شورای ائتلاف نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی |
2019 | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel | Principlists | Right-wing to far-right | 106 / 290 | ||
| Front of Islamic Revolution Stability جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی |
2011 | Sadegh Mahsouli | Principlists | Far-right | 79 / 290 | ||
| Voice of the Nation ائتلاف صدای ملت |
2012 | Ali Motahari | Reformists | Centre | 43 / 290 | ||
| Combatant Clergy Association جامعه روحانیت مبارز |
1977 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Principlists | Right-wing | 13 / 290 | ||
| Independent politicians | 44 / 290 | ||||||
| Vacant | 5 / 290 | ||||||
Principlists
Main active parties
| Party | Founded | Secretary-General | Ideology | Political position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant Clergy Association جامعه روحانیت مبارز |
1977 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Khomeinism | Right-wing | |
| Front of Islamic Revolution Stability جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی |
2011 | Sadegh Mahsouli | Islamic fundamentalism | Far-right | |
| Islamic Coalition Party حزب مؤتلفه اسلامی |
1963 | Asadollah Badamchian | Conservatism (Iranian) | Right-wing to far-right | |
| Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution جمعیت ایثارگران انقلاب اسلامی |
1997 | Mohammad Javad Ameri | Conservatism (Iranian) | Right-wing | |
| Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم |
1961 | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri | Khomeinism Ja'fari jurisprudence |
Right-wing | |
| YEKTA Front جبهه یکتا |
2015 | Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee | Far-right | ||
Other parties
| Party | Secretary-General |
|---|---|
| Islamic Society of Engineers | Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
| Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution | Malek Shariati |
| Islamic Association of Physicians | Hossein Ali Shahriari |
| Islamic Society of Employees | Kamal Sajjadi |
| Islamic Society of Athletes | Hassan Ghafourifard |
| Zeynab Society | Azam Haji-Abbasi |
| Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists | Hassan Ghafourifard |
| Fadayeen of Islam Society | Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei |
| Development and Justice Party | Mehdi Vakilpour |
| Green Party | Hossein Kanani Moghaddam |
| Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran | Mohammad Saeed Ahadian |
| Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran | Amir Mohebbian |
| Islamic Iran Freedom Party[22] | Issa Kakoui |
Reformists
Main active parties
| Party | Founded | Secretary-General | Ideology | Political position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Combatant Clerics مجمع روحانیون مبارز |
1988 | Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha | Islamic liberalism | Centre to centre-left | |
| Islamic Labour Party حزب اسلامی کار |
1998 | Hossein Kamali | Islamic democracy Islamic socialism |
Centre-left | |
| Executives of Construction Party حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران |
1996 | Hossein Marashi | Economic liberalism Technocracy |
Centre-right | |
| National Trust Party حزب اعتماد ملی |
2005 | Elias Hazrati | Populism | Centre-left | |
| Union of Islamic Iran People Party حزب اتحاد ملت ایران اسلامی |
2015 | Azar Mansouri | Islamic liberalism Liberalism (Iranian) |
Centre-left | |
| NEDA Party نسل دوم اصلاحات |
2014 | Shahabeddin Tabatabaei | Social democracy | Centre-left | |
| Moderation and Development Party حزب اعتدال و توسعه |
1999 | Hassan Rouhani | Pragmatism | Centre | |
Other parties
Banned parties
Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran
| Party | Ideology | Religion | Secretary-General |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Front | Nationalism | Secular | Seyed Hossein Mousavian |
| Iran Party (member of the National Front) | Nationalism | Secular | The party is managed by its central committee[23][24] |
| Party of the Iranian People (member of the National Front) | Left-wing nationalism | Islamic | Mohammadsadeh Maserrat |
| Pan-Iranist Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Zahra Gholamipour |
| Nation Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Khosrow Seif |
| Movement of Militant Muslims | Socialism | Islamic | Habibollah Peyman |
| Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists | Nationalism | Islamic | None |
| Freedom Movement of Iran | Nationalism | Islamic | Mohammad Tavasoli |
Opposition parties active in exile
The main Iranian opposition parties can be broadly grouped as follows: on the liberal-democratic side, the Constitutionalist Party of Iran; on the secular-religious (or Muslim democratic) side, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran; on the leftist side, the Left Party of Iran; and on the ethnic (Kurdish) side, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.
Constitutional monarchists/liberal democratic parties
All constitutional monarchist organizations are secular and support restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal Democrat | Foad Pashaie |  United States |
| Iran-Novin Party | Dr. Hamed Sheibanyrad |  France |
| Iranian Secular Democratic Party | Esmail Nooriala | United States |
Ethnic-based parties
| Party | Ethnicity | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Mustafa Hijri |  Iraq |
| Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Abdullah Mohtadi | ||
| Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of Iran | Ibrahim Alizade | ||
| Komala - Reform Faction | Omar Ilkhanizade | ||
| Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan - Reunification Faction | Abdulla Konaposhi | ||
| Kurdistan Freedom Party | Hussein Yazdanpanah | ||
| Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle | Baba Sheikh Hosseini | ||
| Kurdistan Free Life Party | Siamand Moini and Zîlan Vejîn |  Turkey | |
| Qashqai freedom path party | Qashqai | Ruhollah moradi qashqai |  Switzerland |
| Lorestan Party of Iran | Lurs | Faramarz Bakhtiar |  Germany |
| Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement | Azeri | Mahmudali Chehregani |  Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization | Unknown | ||
| South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement | Piruz Dilanchi | ||
| Turkmensahra Union Party | Turkmen | Abdulrahman Dieji | Turkey |
| Turkmen People's Cultural and Political Society | Yousef Kor | Germany |
Muslim Democrats
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran | Maryam Rajavi | France Albania |
Socialists and Communists
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Tudeh Party of Iran | Mohammad Omidvar | Germany United Kingdom |
| Communist Party of Iran | Unknown | Unknown |
| Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Laborers' Party of Iran | Unknown |  Sweden |
| Labour Party of Iran (Toufan) | Unknown | Germany |
| Worker-communist Party of Iran | Hamid Taqvaee | |
| Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist | Rahman Hosseinzadeh | Sweden |
| Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas | Ashraf Dehghani | United Kingdom |
| The Organization of People's Fadaian of Iran(Majority) | Tahmaseb Vaziri | Germany |
| Fedaian Organisation – Minority | Akbar Kamyabi |  Netherlands |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Identity[citation needed] | Mehdi Same | France |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas[citation needed] | Hossein Zohari | Germany |
| Worker's Way | Unknown | |
| Socialist Workers' Party of Iran | Unknown | United Kingdom |
Social Democrats
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Left Party of Iran | Behrouz Khaliq | Germany |
| Green Party of Iran | Kazem Moussavi | |
| Social Democratic and Laïc Party of Iran | Farhang Ghasemi | France |
List of parties by political position
Political position key
| Party | Leader | Founded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostafa Pourmohammadi | 1977 | ||
| Hashem Hosseini Bushehri | 1961 | ||
| Asadollah Badamchian | 1963 | ||
| Mohammad Javad Ameri | 1995 | ||
| Sadegh Mahsouli | 2011 | ||
| Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee | 2015 | ||
| Mohammad Reza Bahonar | 1991 | ||
| Malek Shariati | 2008 | ||
| Hossein-Ali Shahriyari | 1993 | ||
| Kamal Sajjadi | 1994 | ||
| Hassan Ghafourifard | 1998 | ||
| Aʿzam Hājī-Abbāsī | 1986 | ||
| Hassan Ghafourifard | 2003 | ||
| Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei | 1946 | ||
| Mehdi Vakilpour | 2007 | ||
| Hossein Kanani Moghaddam | 1999 | ||
| Ruhollah Moradi Qashqai | 2017 | ||
| Mohammad Saeed Ahadian | 2008 | ||
| Amir Mohebbian | 2006 | ||
| Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha | 1988 | ||
| Hossein Kamali | 1998 | ||
| Hossein Marashi | 1996 | ||
| Elias Hazrati | 2005 | ||
| Azar Mansouri | 2015 | ||
| Shahabeddin Tabatabaei | 2014 | ||
| Mehdi Moghaddari | 1997 | ||
| Hassan Rouhani | 1999 | ||
| Abdolrazzagh Mousavi | 1999 | ||
| Ebrahim Asgharzadeh | 1977 | ||
| Mahmoud Sadeghi | 1991 | ||
| Hadi Khamenei | 1991 | ||
| Mohammad Salari | 1998 | ||
| Mostafa Kavakebian | 1999 | ||
| Ahmad Hakimipour | 1990 | ||
| Fatemeh Karroubi | 1998 | ||
| Alireza Mahjoub | 1958 | ||
| Mohammad Zare Foumani | 2012 | ||
| Mohsen Mirdamadi | 1998 | ||
| Mohammad Salamati | 1991 | ||
| Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 2009 | ||
| Seyed Hossein Mousavian | 1949 | ||
| Bagher Ghadiri-Asl | 1941 | ||
| Mohammadsadeh Maserrat | 1949 | ||
| Dr. Sohrab Azam Zangane | 1941 | ||
| Khosrow Seif | 1951 | ||
| Habibollah Payman | 1977 | ||
| Ezzatollah Sahabi | 2000 | ||
| Mohammad Tavasoli | 1961 | ||
| Jamshid Sharmahd | 2004 | ||
| Fouad Pashaei | 1994 | ||
| Reza Pahlavi | 2013 | ||
| Mustafa Hijri | 1945 | ||
| Khalid Azizi | 2006 | ||
| Abdullah Mohtadi | 1979 | ||
| Ibrahim Alizade | 1984 | ||
| Omar Ilkhanizade | 2007 | ||
| Abdulla Konaposhi | 2008 | ||
| Hussein Yazdanpanah | 1991 | ||
| Babeshekh Hosseini | 1980 | ||
| Peyman Viyan | 2004 | ||
| Mahmudali Chehregani | 2002 | ||
| Babek Chalabiyanli | 2006 | ||
| Maryam Rajavi | 1965 | ||
| Navid Shomali | 1941 | ||
| Central committee | 1983 | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 1979 | |||
| 1965 | |||
| Hamid Taqvaee | 1991 | ||
| Jamal Kamangar | 2004 | ||
| Ashraf Dehghani | 1979 | ||
| Behruz Khaligh | 1980 | ||
| Akbar Kāmyābi | 1987 | ||
| Mehdi Sāme | 1983 | ||
| Ḥosayn Zohari | 1985 | ||
| 1978 | |||
| Jamal Kamangar | 1979 | ||
| Roozbeh Farahanipour | 1998 | ||
| Kazem Moussavi | 1999 | ||
| 2018 | |||
See also
Notes
- Factions:
Centre-right[9] or left-wing[10]