List of political parties in Iran
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Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
This article lists political parties in Iran.
Parties active inside Iran
Principlists
- Main active parties
- Other parties
Party | Secretary-General |
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Islamic Society of Engineers | Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution | Parviz Sarvari |
Islamic Association of Physicians | Shahabedin Sadr |
Islamic Society of Employees | Kamal Sajjadi |
Islamic Society of Athletes | Hassan Ghafourifard |
Zeynab Society | Azam Haji-Abbasi |
Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists | Hassan Ghafourifard |
Fadayeen of Islam Society | Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei |
Development and Justice Party | Abdolhossein Ruholamini |
Green Party | Hossein Kanani Moghaddam |
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran | Hossein Ghorbanzadeh |
Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran | Amir Mohebbian |
Islamic Iran Freedom Party[1] | Issa Kakoui |
Reformists
- Main active parties
- Other parties
- Banned parties
Party | Secretary-General |
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Islamic Iran Participation Front | Mohsen Mirdamadi |
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization | Mohammad Salamati |
The Green Path of Hope | None |
Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran
Party | Ideology | Religion | Secretary-General |
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National Front | Nationalism | Secular | Vacant |
Pan-Iranist Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Zahra Gholamipour |
Nation Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Khosrow Seif |
Movement of Militant Muslims | Socialism | Islamic | Habibollah Payman |
Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists | Nationalism | Islamic | None |
Freedom Movement of Iran | Nationalism | Islamic | Mohammad Tavasoli |
Azure Party (1942-1953) | Nazism | Islamic | Defunct since 1953 |
SUMKA | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Davud Monshizadeh |
Opposition parties active in exile
Republicans
Party | Leader | Base |
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Iranian Secular Democratic Party | Manoochehr Yazdian | ![]() |
Iran Transition Council | Hassan Shariatmadari | -- |
Monarchists
All monarchist organizations are secular and claim restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:
Ethnic/Secessionist
Party | Ethnicity | Leader | Base |
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Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Mustafa Hijri | ![]() |
Kurdistan Democratic Party | Kurdish | Mostafa Moloudi | ![]() |
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Abdullah Mohtadi | ![]() |
Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of Iran | Kurdish | Ibrahim Alizade | ![]() |
Kurdistan Freedom Party | Kurdish | Hussein Yazdanpanah | ![]() |
Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle | Kurdish | Baba Sheikh Hosseini | ![]() |
Kurdistan Free Life Party | Kurdish | Siamand Moini and Zîlan Vejîn | ![]() |
Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement | Azeri | Mahmudali Chehregani | ![]() |
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization | Azeri | Unknown | ![]() |
South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement | Azeri | Piruz Dilanchi | ![]() |
Leftists
Party | Leader | Base |
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Maryam Rajavi | ![]() ![]() | |
Tudeh Party of Iran | Mohammad Omidvar | ![]() ![]() |
Communist Party of Iran | Unknown | Unknown |
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) | Unknown | Unknown |
Laborers’ Party of Iran | Unknown | ![]() |
Labour Party of Iran | Unknown | ![]() |
Worker-communist Party of Iran | Hamid Taqvaee | ![]() |
Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist | Rahman Hosseinzadeh | ![]() |
Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas | Ashraf Dehghani | ![]() |
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian – Majority | Behrouz Khaliq | ![]() |
Fedaian Organisation – Minority | Akbar Kamyabi | ![]() |
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Identity | Mehdi Same | ![]() |
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas | Hossein Zohari | ![]() |
Worker’s Way | Unknown | ![]() |
Others
Party | Ideology | Leader | Base |
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Glorious Frontiers Party | Nationalism | Roozbeh Farahanipour | ![]() |
Green Party of Iran | Green | Kazem Moussavi | ![]() |
Social Democratic Party of Iran | Social democracy | Jalal Madani | ![]() |
Iran Revival | Liberalism | 40 Activists | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ Rohollah Faghihi (9 September 2015), "Tehran's ever-ambitious mayor", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2017
Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran between two revolutions. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10134-7