Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution

Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامي
General Secretary Parviz Sarvari
Founder Alireza Zakani[1]
Founded November 1, 2008 (2008-11-01)[2]
Split from Front of Transformationalist Principlists[2]
National affiliation Principlists
International affiliation None
Website
rahpoo.net

The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution or Society for the Adherents of the Path of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامي; Rahpooyan) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008.

Members

Alireza Zakani is General Secretary of the party. The group was formed a fraction inside Iranian Parliament, and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli.[2] Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council.[1]

Political stance

They are part of Front of Transformationalist Principlists, alongside Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution.[1] The Pathseekers were supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2011.[1] The Pathseekers have differences with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, however they formed an alliance against Ali Larijani's fraction in the Parliament.[3]

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