NEDA Party

Nedaye Iranian Party
AbbreviationNEDA
Secretary-GeneralShahabeddin Tabatabaei[1]
FounderSadegh Kharazi[2]
Legalized1 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-01)[2]
Membership (2015)2,300[3]
IdeologyReformism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
Parliament
2 / 290
Tehran City Council
1 / 21
Mashhad City Council
1 / 15
Isfahan City Council
1 / 13
Shiraz City Council
1 / 13
Website
http://nedayeiranian.org/

Nedaye Iranian Party (Persian: حزب ندای ایرانیان, lit.'Voice of Iranians', Hezb-e Nuday-e 'Iranian)[3]NEDA is the official acronym standing for 'Second Generation of Reforms'[4] (Persian: نسل دوم اصلاحات, romanizedNasl-e Dovom-e Eslahat)— is a reformist political party in Iran with social democratic leanings[5] that held its first congress in 2015.[6]

It was the first party that emerged after the reformist crackdown during 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, followed by the Union of Islamic Iran People Party.[3] The majority of members belong to the youth wing of the banned Islamic Iran Participation Front[7] and are in their early 30s.[3]

The party was in coalition with the Pervasive Coalition of Reformists during the 2016 Iranian legislative election.[8]

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  2. ^ a b "Iran Approves New 'Reformist' Political Party", RFE/RL, 2 December 2014, retrieved 25 May 2017
  3. ^ a b c d Najmeh Bozorgmehr (25 May 2015), "Iran's reformists cautiously optimistic about new parties", Financial Times, retrieved 25 May 2017
  4. ^ Arash Karami (24 August 2014). "Head of new Reformist group in Iran resigns from party". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ "New Iran reformist party sets sights on legislative polls", Agence France-Presse, 27 February 2015, retrieved 25 May 2017 – via The Iran Project
  6. ^ "Iranian Pro-Reform Party Holds First Congress", RFE/RL, 26 February 2015, retrieved 25 May 2017
  7. ^ Reza H. Akbari (31 October 2014). "Iran's 'second-generation' Reformists off to shaky start". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  8. ^ Parisa Hafezi (18 February 2016). Dominic Evans (ed.). "Factbox: Parties and politics in Iran's parliamentary election". Reuters. Retrieved 27 February 2017.