Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran

Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran
SpokespersonMohammad Bastenegar
FounderEzzatollah Sahabi[1]
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)[1]
LegalizedBanned[1]
Split fromFreedom Movement[1]
HeadquartersTehran, Iran[2]: 81 
NewspaperIran Farda Magazine[2]: 81 
IdeologyReligious nationalism[2]: 83 
Iranian nationalism
Post-Islamism[3]
Moderation[2]: 81 
Islamic democracy[2]: 83 
Social democracy[2]: 81 
Republicanism[2]: 83 
Nonviolence[2]: 79 
Political positionCentre-left[2]: 83 
ReligionIslam
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Website
melimazhabi.com (Unofficial)

The Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran (Persian: شورای فعالان ملی-مذهبی ایران, romanized: Showra-ye Fa'alan-e Melli Mazhabi) or The Coalition of National-Religious Forces of Iran (Persian: ائتلاف نيروهای ملی-مذهبی ایران, romanized: E'telaf-e Niruha-ye Melli-Mazhabi) is an Iranian political group, described as "nonviolent, religious semi-opposition"[2]: 79  with a following of mainly middle class, intellectual, representatives of technical professions, students and technocrats.[2]: 81 

  1. ^ a b c d Amir Arjomand, Said (2009), After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 99, ISBN 978-0199745760
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
  3. ^ Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (2016). Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History. Springer. p. 103. ISBN 9781137578259.