Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
The Islamic Iran Resistance Front or Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (Persian: جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی; Jebheye Istadegi), or simply Resistance Front,[2][5] also translated Endurance Front,[6] is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2011. The group is associated with Mohsen Rezaee.[2] They competed with an electoral list in the 2012 Iranian legislative election,[2] and were able to win 18 exclusive seats (not shared with other lists).[3] The group endorsed 31 candidates for Tehran City Council in the 2013 Iranian local elections,[7] two of the candidates won seats.
Resistance Front of Islamic Iran | |
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| Secretary-General | Yadollah Habibi[1] |
| Spokesperson | Hassan Bayadi[1] |
| Spiritual leader | Mohsen Rezaee[1] |
| Head of Supreme Council | Mahmoud Alavi[1] |
| Founded | January 2011[1] |
| Split from | Principlists Pervasive Coalition |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology | Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists[1] |
| Political position | Centre[2] |
| National affiliation | Principlists[1] |
| 9th Parliament[lower-alpha 1] | 70 / 290
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| Election symbol | |
| 61[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| http://www.istadegy.com | |
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Development and Justice Party and Green Party are affiliated with the front.[1]
See also
Notes
- 18 MPs were exclusively endrosed by Resistance Front, other 52 were in other electoral lists as well, like United Front of Conservatives.[3]
- The number 61, refers to the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (680 AD); and the year 1361 in the Iranian calendar (1982), when the Battle of Karbala and Liberation of Khorramshahr took place respectively. Both events serve as an inspiration on the groups' ideology.[4]
References
- "جبهه ایستادگی چیست و چگونه شکل گرفت؟". Khabar Online. 12 April 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "Guide: Iranian parliamentary elections". BBC World. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "تعداد و درصد گرایش سیاسی نمایندگان مجلس نهم". Mizan Online. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "رمزگشایی از لوگوی انتخاباتی جبهه ایستادگی". Tabnak. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "Political road map of Iran before the Parliamentary (Majlis) elections". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "Iran gears up for legislative election". Al Jazeera. 12 April 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "ایست 31 نفره جبهه ایستادگی" (in Persian). YJC. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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