Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution

The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution or Society for the Adherents of the Path of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی‎; Rahpooyan) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008.

Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution

جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی
General SecretaryBehzad Zare
FounderAlireza Zakani[1]
FoundedNovember 1, 2008 (2008-11-01)[2]
Split fromFront of Transformationalist Principlists[2]
National affiliationPrinciplists
Website
rahpoo.net

Members

Alireza Zakani is General Secretary of the party. The group was formed a fraction inside Iranian Parliament, and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli.[2] Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council.[1]

Party leaders
Secretary-Generals
Name Tenure Ref
Alireza Zakani 2008–2016
Parviz Sorouri 2016–2018
Mohammad Dehghan 2018–2019
Behzad Zare 2019–
Deputy Secretary-Generals
Name Tenure Ref
Parviz Sorouri 2008–2016
Behzad Zare 2016–2018
Zohreh Elahian 2018–

Political stance

They are part of Front of Transformationalist Principlists, alongside Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution.[1] The Pathseekers were supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2011.[1] The Pathseekers have differences with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, however they formed an alliance against Ali Larijani's fraction in the Parliament.[3]

gollark: Then statistically analyze the results, obviously, using maths and science™.
gollark: RCT idea: We find a few thousand people, assign half of them a gender different to their own and half the same, without telling them which, then check after a year to see how involved each group was in esolangs.
gollark: That would not be a randomized controlled trial.
gollark: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TIME!
gollark: Esoteric programming languages cause the gender-related regions in the brain to undergo change. Obviously.

References
  1. "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. Amini, Tina. "Opinion - New Parliament Set for Faceoff with Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.


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