Quintuple Coalition
Quintuple Coalition | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Ideology | Radicalism |
| Religion | Islam |
| Tehran seats | 3 / 10 |
The Quintuple Coalition refers to the electoral alliance of five revolutionary groups contesting in the 1979 Iranian Constitutional Convention election.[1] The groups in coalition had Islamic and radical orientations.[1][2] After the elections, the coalition sent an open letter to Ruhollah Khomeini and complained about "fraud".[2]
Parties in coalition
The five groups were:[1]
- Revolutionary Movement of Muslim People of Iran (JAMA), led by Kazem Sami
- People's Mujahedin Organization (MEK), led by Massoud Rajavi
- Movement of Militant Muslims (MMM), led by Habibollah Peyman
- The Movement, led by Asghar Sayyed Javadi – it was a newly-established and relatively small group that belonged to the center[3]
- Islamic Organization of Council (SASH), led by Habibollah Ashouri – The group was only briefly active in 1979[4]
Candidates
On 18 July 1979, the coalition presented its candidates for all 10 seats in Tehran in an announcement published by Ayandegan,[5] including:
References
- ^ a b c Schirazi, Asghar (1998), The Constitution of Iran: Politics and the State in the Islamic Republic, I.B. Tauris, p. 32, ISBN 9781860642531
- ^ a b Grote, Rainer; Röder, Tilmann J.; El-Haj, Ali M. (2016). Constitutionalism, Human Rights, and Islam After the Arab Spring. Oxford University Press. p. 832. ISBN 9780190627645.
- ^ Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 138. ISBN 1349140627.
- ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 345. ISBN 9780815654322.
- ^ Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2010, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 13
- ^ Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2012, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 60–61
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