Association of Combatant Clerics

Not to be confused with Combatant Clergy Association.

Association of Combatant Clerics مجمع روحانیون مبارز

General Secretary	Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Spokesperson	Majid Ansari
Head of Council	Mohammad Khatami
Founded	March 16, 1988 (1988-03-16)
Legalized	February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07)^[1]
Split from	Combatant Clergy Association^[2]
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Newspaper	Salam^[2]
Political position	Left-wing^[3]
National affiliation	Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front
Other affiliation	Coalition For Iran (2004)
Website
rouhanioon.com
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The Association of Combatant Clerics^{[lower-alpha 1]} (Persian: مجمع روحانیون مبارز‎, translit. majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez‎) is an Iranian reformist clerical political party.

History

Party's old logo

The Association of Combatant Clerics was founded in 1987 after abolition of the Islamic Republic Party, the last political party of that time. The association was originally radical, populist,^[4] rather than reformist in orientation, and favored a focus "on exporting the revolution and calling for the state's monopoly over the economy,"^[5] rather than democracy and freedom of expression. As of 2007 it advocated limits on clerical power in Iranian politics and extending individual freedoms—though not to the extent that might "lead to secularism or liberalism."^[6]

After the resignation of Mehdi Karroubi from the post of secretary general, the party had no secretary general until late August 2005, when Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha was elected as the new secretary general. Former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami is the Chairman of the association's Central Council.

Members

Central council members

29 members of the party's central council are:

Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (Secretary-General)
Majid Ansari (Speaker)
Mohammad Khatami (Head of Council)
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur
Mohammad Hashemi
Hadi Khamenei
Ali Ajam
Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Mohammad-Ali Ansari

Jalal Jalalizadeh
Mohammad Mousavi-Bojnourdi
Issa Velayi
Mohammad Razavi
Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi
Ali-Akbar Ashtiani
Mohammad-Ali Khosravi
Taqi Daricheyi
Serajeddin Mousavi
Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi

Fazel Ferdosi
Ali-Asghar Rahmani Khalili
Assadollah Kian-Ersi
Mohammad Moghaddam
Mojtaba Nourmofidi
Mohammad-Ali Nezamzadeh
Mehdi Emam-Jamarani
Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari
Mohammad-Ali Sadoughi
Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani

Other members

Notes

↑ The party's name has been alternately translated Association of Militant Clergy, Assembly of Combatant Clerics, and Combatant Clerics League

References

↑ "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
1 2 Bashiriyeh, Hossein (Spring–Summer 2001). "Civil Society and Democratisation during Khatami's First Term". Global Dialogue. Centre for World Dialogue. 3 (2–3): 19–26. ISSN 1986-2601.
↑ Asayesh, Hossein; Halim, Adlina Ab.; Jawan, Jayum A.; Shojaei, Seyedeh Nosrat (March 2011). "Political Party in Islamic Republic of Iran: A Review". Journal of Politics and Law. Canadian Center of Science and Education. 4 (1): 221–230. ISSN 1913-9047.
↑ Brumberg, Daniel, Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran, University of Chicago Press, 2001, p.162
↑ Mneisi, Ahmad. "The power shift within Iran's right wing". Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2006. At the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
↑ [Wright, Robin, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Penguin Press, 2008, p.300]

External links

Mr Khatami, the Chairman of the Central Council of Militant Clerics Society, from Mohammad Ali Abtahi's weblog (in Persian)
Mousavi Khoiniha became the secretary general of the Militant Clerics Society, from BBC Persian
First meeting notes of Militant Clerics Society, from Mohammad Ali Abtahi's Persian weblog

Political organizations in Iran

Politics of Iran

Principlists	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran United Front of Principlists Principlists Pervasive Coalition Principlists Grand Coalition The Two Societies Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Society of Engineers Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran Islamic Society of Students Islamic Society of Employees Islamic Society of Athletes Zeynab Society Front of Transformationalist Principlists Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party Fadayeen of Islam Society Ansar-e Hezbollah Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Resistance Front of Islamic Iran Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers People's Voice Insight and Islamic Awakening Front Monotheism and Justice Front Supporters of Justice Discourse of Islamic Revolution YEKTA Front

Reformists	Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front Association of Combatant Clerics Executives of Construction Party Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers Islamic Association of Teachers Islamic Association of Engineers Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society Islamic Association of University Instructors Association of Followers of the Imam's Line Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Islamic Iran Participation Front Islamic Iran Solidarity Party Democracy Party Will of the Iranian Nation Party Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic Islamic Assembly of Ladies Office for Strengthening Unity Islamic Labour Party Worker House Coalition For Iran Reformists Front Kurdish United Front Moderation and Development Party National Trust Party The Green Path of Hope NEDA Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party Pervasive Coalition of Reformists

Anti-establishment	National Front Freedom Movement Movement of Militant Muslims Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists Pan-Iranist Party Nation Party

Banned/Exiled parties Historic parties

Iranian Green Movement

Events	2009–10 Iranian election protests Timeline 2009 Iran poll protests trial 2009 Iranian university dormitory raids Death of Neda Agha-Soltan Death of Sohrab Aarabi Death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani The Green Scroll Campaign Death of Ayatollah Montazeri 2009 Ashura protests Death of Seyed Ali Mousavi Death of Mohsen Rouholamini 2011–12 Iranian protests Death of Sane Jaleh Death of Mohammad Mokhtari Death of Haleh Sahabi Death of Hoda Saber

Leaders	Mir-Hossein Mousavi Mehdi Karroubi Mohammad Khatami Zahra Rahnavard

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