Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution

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Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی
General SecretaryMalek Shariati
FounderAlireza Zakani[1]
FoundedNovember 1, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-11-01)[2]
Split fromFront of Transformationalist Principlists[2]
National affiliationPrinciplists

The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution or Society for the Adherents of the Path of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی, romanizedJam'iyyat-e Rahpuyān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008.

Members[edit]

Alireza Zakani is General Secretary of the party. The group was formed a fraction inside Iranian Parliament, and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli.[2] Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council.[1]

Party leaders[edit]

Secretary-Generals
Name Tenure Ref
Alireza Zakani 2008–2016
Parviz Sorouri 2016–2018
Mohammad Dehghan 2018–2019
Behzad Zare 2019–2020
Malek Shariati 2020–2021
Deputy Secretary-Generals
Name Tenure Ref
Parviz Sorouri 2008–2016
Behzad Zare 2016–2018
Zohreh Elahian 2018–

Political stance[edit]

They are part of Front of Transformationalist Principlists, alongside Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution.[1] The Pathseekers were supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2011.[1] The Pathseekers have differences with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, however they formed an alliance against Ali Larijani's fraction in the Parliament.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online. 20 November 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Amini, Tina. "Opinion - New Parliament Set for Faceoff with Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.