Islamic Iran Solidarity Party

"Hambastegi Paty" redirects here. For the Afghan party of the same name, see Solidarity Party of Afghanistan.
Islamic Iran Solidarity Party
حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی
General SecretaryAli Asghar Ahmadi[1]
Deputy General SecretaryMohammad Salari[1]
Deputy of Supreme CouncilAbbas Mirza Aboutalebi[1]
Founder
Founding board[2]
FoundedJanuary 17, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-01-17)[3]
LegalisedJuly 11, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-07-11)[3]
Split fromExecutives of Construction Party[3]
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
NewspaperHambastegi[3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[3]
ReligionIslam
National affiliationCouncil for coordinating the Reforms Front
Tehran City Council
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Islamic Iran Solidarity Party (Persian: حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی; Hezb-e Hambastegi-e Iran-e Eslami) is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 1998, by 10 members of Parliament of Iran. The party is a member of Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front[4] and publishes the newspaper Hambastegi. Ali Asghar Ahmadi is the general secretary, an office previously held by Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Mohamadreza Raahchamani.[1] They have supported Mohammad Khatami in the 2001 election, Mehdi Karoubi in 2005 and Mir-Hossein Mousavi in 2009.[3]

The party had some 50 seats in the Iranian Parliament during 2000–2004, and its fraction was headed by Qorban-Ali Qandahari.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "برگزاری کنگره حزب همبستگی به تصویب رسید/ قائم مقام دبیرکل حزب انتخاب شد" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. August 1, 2015. 13940510000520. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Islamic Iran Solidarity Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ Iran Report, vol. 4, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 26 February 2001, retrieved 15 May 2017