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YEKTA Front

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Front of Comrades for the Effectiveness and Transformation of Islamic Iran
جبههٔ یاران کارآمدی و تحول ایران اسلامی
AbbreviationYEKTA[1]
General SecretaryHamid-Reza Haji Babaee
SpokespersonMohammad Hosseini[1]
FoundedJune 15, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-15)
Formation declared
LegalisedNot legalised[1]
Preceded byCoalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude[2]
IdeologyGuardianship of the Islamic Jurists[1]
ReligionShia Islam
National affiliationPrinciplists[1]

The Front of Comrades for the Effectiveness and Transformation of Islamic Iran[1] (Persian: جبهه یاران کارآمدی و تحول ایران اسلامی, Jibeheh-e Yarân-e Karâmid-e vâ Tehul 'Iran), known by the backronym YEKTA Front (Persian: جبهه یکتا, Jibeheh Ikta, meaning Unique[1]) is an Iranian principlist political group, formed in 2015. Founders of the group are former cabinet ministers, former members of parliament and other former officials close to Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Shahir Shahidsaless. "Will Ahmadinejad come in from the cold?". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ "YEKTA's excuse to run away from the law". Iran (in Persian). No. 5955. 17 June 2015. p. 1.