Farashgard

Iran Revival (Persian: فَرَشگَرد‎) also known by its native name Farashgard, is an Iranian political action network. This organization was founded in September 2018, ten months after the beginning of the 2017–18 Iranian protests. The organization was founded by 40 Iranian activists across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Iran.[2]

Iran Revival
AbbreviationFarashgard
FoundedSeptember 16, 2018 (2018-09-16)
HeadquartersWashington, United States
IdeologyLiberalism[1]
Secularism
Colours     Turquoise
SloganWe Will Reclaim Iran and Rebuild It
Website
iranrevival.com

Farashgard advocates for a secular democracy in Iran either through a Republic or a Constitutional monarchy, but states that the exact form of a future political system will be determined by the people of Iran after the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.[1]

The group's slogan is: "We Will Reclaim Iran and Rebuild It". Its original name Farashgard was metaphorically named after the Middle Persian concept Frashokereti.[3][4][5]

Ideology

Iran Revival, in an open letter, stated the following:

  • The Islamic Republic is a threat to Iran, and cannot be reformed. Therefore, it must be overthrown.
  • A secular democracy that guarantees the separation of state and religion must be established.
  • There must be equal rights for all Iranians regardless of faith, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
  • Islamist and communist ideologies are responsible for much of the destruction in Iran today and have the potential to cause harm in the future.
  • The current anti-Western, anti-American, and anti-Semitic foreign policy of the regime is detrimental to the national interest and well being of Iranians.
  • Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi plays a key role in uniting the secular democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic.

Founders
1- Abdolreza Ahmadi
 11- Shervan Fashandi
 21- Shay Khatiri
 31- Maziar Razaghi
2- Sanaz Ariya
 12- Amir Fassihi 22- Alireza Kiani
 32- Ali Saadat-Meli
3- Shiva Aronvi
 13- Damon Golriz
 23- Dariush Kooshki
 33- Ashkan Safaei
4- Ali Ashtari
 14- Saeid HosseinPour 24- Masood Masjoody
 34- Siavash Safavi
5- AmirYahya Ayatollahi
 15- Mohammad Izadi 25- Kaveh Mehr
35- Hamed Sheibanyrad
6- Siavosh Bahman
 16- Daniel Jafari 26- Behzad Mehrani 36- Salman Sima
7- Saeed Derakhshandi
 17- Mitra Jashni
 27- Meisam Mehrani
 37- Borzumehr Tolouei
8- Ahmad Eshghyar
 18- Sheema Kalbasi 28- Youhanna Najdi
 38- Hengameh Yazdari
9- Amir Hossein Etemadi
 19- Erfan Kasraei 29- Pedram Rafati
 39- Ashkan Yazdchi
10- Saba Farzan
 20- Ronak Khakban
 30- Nima Rashedan
 40- Dena Ziari

Advisors and Associates
  • Prince Reza Pahlavi (Senior Advisor)
  • Ramin Parham (Senior Advisor)
  • Saeed Ghasseminejad (Senior Advisor)
  • Payman Sadegh (Senior Advisor)
  • Arash Sobhani (Associate)

Activities Inside Iran

The group has a number of supporters within Iran who receive the messages of Iran Revival through Persian language television and radio broadcasts. Supporters of the group in Iran have enacted a civil disobedience campaign inside the country by spray painting calls for a million man march, and slogans against the regime, on buildings, billboards, and storefronts across Iran.[2]

As of January 2020, the group has over 165,000 followers on Instagram, one of the most popular apps in Iran.[6]

Campaigns
  • Median-e Millioni (Million in a square)[7]: A social media campaign with the aim of organizing a million people in the Shahyad (Azadi) square in Tehran. It has a Persian hashtag: #میدان_میلیونی
  • Posht Be Doshman Roo Be Mihan (Back to the Enemy, Facing Homeland): #پشت_به_دشمن_رو_به_میهن

References
  1. "فرشگرد". Iran Revival. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. "Iran protest movement births a new group, Iran Revival". Jan 9, 2019. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  3. "New Iranian Exile Group Calls For Regime Change". Radio Farda. 20 September 2018.
  4. "A new organization was established with the aim of overthrowing Islamic republic regime of Iran". BBC Persian (in Persian). 19 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. "Iran Revival network; the end of the silence conspiracy?". Tavaana: E-Learning Institute for Iranian Civil Society (in Persian). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. "Iran Revival | فَرَشگَرد (@iranfarashgard) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  7. adminReFaBan. "Square". فرشگرد. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
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