Office for Strengthening Unity

Office for Strengthening Unity
دفتر تحکیم وحدت
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
IdeologyReformism
ReligionIslam
National affiliationCouncil for coordinating the Reforms Front
Other affiliationCoalition of Imam's Line groups
Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived

The Office for Strengthening Unity (also Office for Consolidating Unity, Persian: دفتر تحکیم وحدت, romanizedDaftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat) is an Iranian student organization created in 1979, and has been described as "the country's most well-known student organization,"[1] and "Iran's leading prodemocracy student group".[2] Founded in 1979 as a conservative Islamist organization to combat leftist, more secular, student groups,[3] the OSU has evolved to support democracy and reform in Iran [4] and thus is now in opposition to the political heirs of its founders.

  1. ^ John Pike. "Iran: Students Wonder Whether They Should Vote". Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. ^ Molavi, Afshin, The Soul of Iran, Norton, (2005), p.314
  3. ^ Iran’s new President has a past mired in controversy
  4. ^ "Speaker For Pro-Reform Student Group Detained In Iran". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 11 June 2015.