Friends of Hashemi
Friends of Hashemi (Persian: یاران هاشمی, romanized: Yaran-e Hashemi, referring to supporters of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani)[1] was an electoral list for 2020 Iranian legislative election, which was announced by the Executives of Construction Party and subsequently endorsed by the Moderation and Development Party.
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| President | Ali Jamali |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Seats won | 7 / 290
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In May 2019, Executives of Construction Party released a statement declaring its intent to participate in the election without any preconditions, a position regarded in minority among the reformist camp.[2] Although the leading members of the party were unable to run as a result of vast disqualifications by the Guardian Council,[3] the party declared that they would present a list of 12 candidates for the 30 seats in the biggest constituency, Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr.[4] However, they finally listed candidates for all 30 seats.[3] Their top candidate was Majid Ansari,[4] who was also the leading candidate on the other reformist list, the Coalition of Eight Reformist Parties.[5]
According to Reuters, their list also includes candidates from "some low-key moderate parties".[3]
References
- "Who will be next speaker?", Tehran Times, 17 February 2020, retrieved 14 February 2020
- Faghihi, Rohollah (6 February 2020), "How Iranian hard-liners helped Reformists ahead of elections", Al-Monitor, retrieved 25 February 2020
- Hafezi, Parisa (17 February 2020), Maclean, William (ed.), "Factbox: Choices curtailed - Iran's parliamentary election", Reuters, retrieved 17 February 2020
- Azizi, Arash (17 February 2020), "Factbox: Iran's 2020 parliamentary elections", Atlantic Council, retrieved 14 February 2020
- Reformists Issue List of Parliamentary Candidates, Financial Tribune, 15 February 2020, retrieved 15 February 2020
| Preceded by List of Hope |
Parliamentary coalition of Reformists 2020 With: Coalition of Eight Reformist Parties |
Succeeded by Most recent |
