Resistance Front of Islamic Iran

Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی
Secretary-GeneralYadollah Habibi[1]
SpokespersonHassan Bayadi[1]
Spiritual leaderMohsen Rezaee[1]
Head of Supreme CouncilMahmoud Alavi[1]
FoundedJanuary 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01)[1]
Split fromPrinciplists Pervasive Coalition
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
IdeologyGovernance of the Jurist[1]
Political positionCentre[2]
National affiliationPrinciplists[1]
Election symbol
61[a]
Party flag

The Islamic Iran Resistance Front or Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (Persian: جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی, romanizedJebhe-ye Istâdegi-ye Irân-e Islâmi), or simply Resistance Front,[2][5] also translated Endurance Front,[6] is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2011. The group is associated with Mohsen Rezaee.[2] They competed with an electoral list in the 2012 Iranian legislative election,[2] and were able to win 18 exclusive seats (not shared with other lists).[4] The group endorsed 31 candidates for Tehran City Council in the 2013 Iranian local elections,[7] two of the candidates won seats.

Development and Justice Party and Green Party are affiliated with the front.

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  2. ^ a b c d "Guide: Iranian parliamentary elections". BBC World. 27 February 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "رمزگشایی از لوگوی انتخاباتی جبهه ایستادگی". Tabnak. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "تعداد و درصد گرایش سیاسی نمایندگان مجلس نهم". Mizan Online. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  5. ^ "Political road map of Iran before the Parliamentary (Majlis) elections". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  6. ^ "Iran gears up for legislative election". Al Jazeera. 12 April 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  7. ^ "ایست 31 نفره جبهه ایستادگی" (in Persian). YJC. Retrieved 21 August 2015.


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