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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

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

Party leaders

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Secretaries general
Name Tenure Ref
Alireza Zakani 2008–2016
Parviz Sorouri 2016–2018
Mohammad Dehghan 2018–2019
Behzad Zare 2019–2020
Malek Shariati 2020–2021
Deputy secretaries general
Name Tenure Ref
Parviz Sorouri 2008–2016
Behzad Zare 2016–2018
Zohreh Elahian 2018–2024

Political stance

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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

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  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.