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Association for Defence of Revolution Values

Association for Defence of Revolution Values

Political party in Iran

Association for Defence of Islamic Revolution Values (Persian: جمعیت دفاع از ارزش‌های انقلاب اسلامی; Jam`īyat-e Defā` az Arzeshhā-ye Enqelāb-e Eslāmī) was a neo-principlist[4] political party in Iran, founded by Mohammad Reyshahri.[3] The party was defeated in the 1996 parliamentary and the 1997 presidential elections.[1]

Quick Facts Population for Defence of Islamic Revolution Values جمعیت دفاع از ارزش‌های انقلاب اسلامی, Secretary-General ...

The party's line was similar to those of the Combatant Clergy Association,[5] and its core members were former counterparts of Reyshahri at the Ministry of Intelligence.[1] Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard, Ruhollah Hosseinian, Mohammad Shariatmadari, Ahmad Pournejati and Ali Razini were among notable members.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Population for Defence of Islamic Revolution Values" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Center. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    Menashri, David (2012), The Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society and Power, Routledge, p. 71
  4. [4]
    Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Iranian Studies, vol. 25, Routledge, p. 137
  5. [5]
    Owen Freedman, Robert (1998), The Middle East and the Peace Process: The Impact of the Oslo Accords, University Press of Florida, p. 258


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