Party, is a constituted political group that contests elections and attempts to form or take part in a government. Different political parties in a voting system represent different groups in a society with different ideas, affiliations, approaches and beliefs, and are manifestation of democracy.
Parties in a democratic system should contribute to more unity and cohesion in the society by adhering to principles; They play a significant part in preserving identity, recognizing internal and external problems, threats and harms and resolving them.
In today’s world, parties are representation of governments and their alternatives, which train forces for fields such as the country’s political affairs. They offer their forces to be decided by the people’s votes. Different groups enter the election campaign and play a role in deciding the country’s fate with their votes.
According to political analysts, parties play an undeniable role in maximum participation of people in elections, because they represent individuals try to direct people to make their choices with knowledge; All those cases could be seen in the elections and political antagonism the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Article 10 of the Constitution Commission of the Elections addresses the issue of the political parties. The commission operates based on the Law on the Activities of Political Parties, Communities and Associations, Trade Unions and Islamic Associations or Recognized Religious Minorities, which was approved by the Parliament in 1980. The commission is in charge of issuing licenses to applicants for the establishment of a party, group, or association; This law has 19 articles, 9 appendices and 18 paragraphs.
The names of parties from different ends of political spectrum which operate at both provincial and national levels which have been officially approved by the Article 10 of the Party Commission of the Ministry of Interior until April 2021, are as follows:
Principalists:
Combatant Clergy Association led by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi
Qom Seminary Teachers Community led by Mohammad Yazdi
Islamic Coalition Party led by Asadollah Badamchian
The Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution led by Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi
The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution led by Behzad Zare
The Front of Islamic Revolution Stability led by Moteza Aghatehrani
Islamic Society of Engineers led by Mohammadreza Bahonar
Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran led by Mohammadali Shahriari
Zeynab Society led by Azam Haji Abbassi
Fada’iyan-e Islam led by Mohammad Mahdi Abd Khodaei
Islamic Civilization Party; its leader is still unknown
Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists led by Habibullah Borbor
Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran led by Amir Mohebbian
Association of University Teachers of Islamic Iran led by Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini
Development and Justice Party of Islamic Iran or Islamic Iran Development and Justice Party led by Mahdi Vakilpour
The Green Party led by Hossein Kan’ani Moghaddam
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran led by Mohsen Pirhadi
Reformists:
Association of Combatant Clerics led by Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
National Trust Party led by Mehdi Karroubi
Jomhouriat Party of Islamic Iran led by Rasoul Montajebnia
The Islamic Labor Party led by Hossein Kamali
Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice Organization led by Amir Taheri
‘Voice of Iranians’, Hezb-e Nuday-e ‘Iranian) led by Sadegh Kharrazi
Union of Islamic Iran People Party led by Ali Shakouri-Rad
Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers led by Seyyed Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society led by Mohammadreza Zafar Ghandi
Assembly of the Forces of Imam’s Line led by Hadi Khamenei
Islamic Iran Solidarity Party led by Ali Asghar Ahmadi
Democracy Party led by Mostafa Kavakebian
Will of the Iranian Nation Party led by Ahmad Hakimipour
Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic led by Zahra Mostafavi
Islamic Assembly of Ladies led by Fatemeh Karroubi
Worker House led by Alireza Mahjoub
Moderates:
Executives of Construction Party led by Gholamhossein Karbaschi
Moderation and Development Party led by Mohammad Bagheri Nobakht
Independent and Moderation Party of Iran led by Ghodratali Heshmatiyan
Islamic party of workers’ welfare led by Hassan farahi
Minorities parties:
Da’wa and Islah Jama’at (Party of Call and Reform) led by Abdol Rahman Pirani
United Kurdish Front led by Rahim Farahmand.
There are reserved parliamentary seats granted to the recognized religious minorities regardless of the constituencies and the size of their population.
According to Article 64 of the Constitution, five of the total number of parliamentarians are reserved for religious minorities: two seats for Armenians and one for each other minority: Assyrians, Jews and Zoroastrians.
