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The Grand Coalition
FoundersAli Khamenei
Mehdi Shahabadi
Founded1980
IdeologyIslamism
ReligionIslam

The Grand Coalition (Template:Lang-fa) was the political alliance of Islamist groups contesting in the Iranian legislative election, 1980, led by Islamic Republican Party.[1] Various small fundamentalist groups joined the alliance.[1]

Other notable groups in the alliance include Combatant Clergy Association, Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, Islamic Coalition Societies and Islamic Association of Teachers.[2]

The coalition won the elections, especially in the provinces and dominated the parliament.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 283. ISBN 1850431981.
  2. ^ Bayram Sinkaya (2015). The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations. Iranian Studies. Vol. 25. 1317525647. p. 86. ISBN 1317525647.