Resistance Front of Islamic Iran

Not to be confused with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.
Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی
Secretary-General Yadollah Habibi[1]
Spokesperson Hassan Bayadi[1]
Spiritual leader Mohsen Rezaee[1]
Head of Supreme Council Mahmoud Alavi[1]
Founded January 2011[1]
Split from Principlists Pervasive Coalition
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Ideology Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists[1]
Political position Centre[2]
National affiliation Principlists[1]
International affiliation None
9th Parliament[lower-alpha 1]
70 / 290
Tehran City Council
2 / 31
Election symbol
61[lower-alpha 2]
Party flag
Website
http://www.istadegy.com

The Islamic Iran Resistance Front or Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (Persian: جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی; Jebheye Istadegi), or simply Resistance Front,[2][5] is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2011. The group is associated with Mohsen Rezaee.[2] They competed with an electoral list in the 2012 Iranian legislative election,[2] and were able to win 18 exclusive seats (not shared with other lists).[3] The group endorsed 31 candidates for Tehran City Council in the Iranian local elections, 2013,[6] two of the candidates won seats.

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Notes

  1. 18 MPs were exclusively endrosed by Resistance Front, other 52 were in other electoral lists as well, like United Front of Conservatives.[3]
  2. The number 61, refers to the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (680 AD); and the year 1361 in the Iranian calendar (1982), when the Battle of Karbala and Liberation of Khorramshahr took place respectively. Both events serve as an inspiration on the groups' ideology.[4]

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