NEDA Party

Nedaye Iranian Party (Persian: حزب ندای ایرانیان‎, lit. 'Voice of Iranians')[2] —NEDA is the official acronym standing for 'Second Generation of Reforms'[3] (Persian: نسل دوم اصلاحات‎, romanized: Nasl-e Dovom-e Eslahat)— is a reformist political party in Iran with social democratic leanings[4] that held its first congress in 2015.[5]

Nedaye Iranian Party
Abbreviation	NEDA
Secretary-General	Sadegh Kharazi
Legalized	1 December 2014 (2014-12-01)[1]
Membership (2015)	2,300[2]
Ideology	Reformism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Parliament	2 / 290
Tehran City Council	1 / 21
Mashhad City Council	1 / 15
Isfahan City Council	1 / 13
Shiraz City Council	1 / 13
Website
irneda.ir
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It was the first party that emerged after the reformist crackdown during 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, followed by the Union of Islamic Iran People Party.[2] The majority of members belong to the youth wing of banned Islamic Iran Participation Front[6] and are in their early 30s.[2]

The party was in coalition with the Pervasive Coalition of Reformists during 2016 Iranian legislative election.[7]

Party leaders

Secretary-Generals

Name	Tenure	Ref
Majid Farahani	2014–2017
Sadegh Kharazi	2017–

Heads of Central Council

Name	Tenure	Ref
Sadegh Kharazi	2014–2017
Majid Farahani	2017–

References

1. "Iran Approves New 'Reformist' Political Party", RFE/RL, 2 December 2014, retrieved 25 May 2017
2. Najmeh Bozorgmehr (25 May 2015), "Iran's reformists cautiously optimistic about new parties", Financial Times, retrieved 25 May 2017
3. Arash Karami (24 August 2014). "Head of new Reformist group in Iran resigns from party". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
4. "New Iran reformist party sets sights on legislative polls", Agence France-Presse, 27 February 2015, retrieved 25 May 2017 – via The Iran Project
5. "Iranian Pro-Reform Party Holds First Congress", RFE/RL, 26 February 2015, retrieved 25 May 2017
6. Reza H. Akbari (31 October 2014). "Iran's 'second-generation' Reformists off to shaky start". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
7. Parisa Hafezi (18 February 2016). Dominic Evans (ed.). "Factbox: Parties and politics in Iran's parliamentary election". Reuters. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

External links

• Official site