Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran

The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran is a political alliance of political parties and advocacy groups, mostly underground or exiled, which campaigns for the replacement of the current Islamist government system in Iran with a secular, democratic, federal government.^[1] It has also called for antipersonnel landmines to be banned in Iran.^[2] Many of the member groups are concurrent advocates for the rights or self-determination of non-Persian Iranians, including Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, and Baloch.^[3]

The organization grew out of a conference held in London on 20 February 2005.^[4]

The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran, CNFI, held a conference in Frankfurt, Germany in 2016. The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for democratic dialogue, as well as to promote consensus on strategic issues related to the future of Iran.^[5]

Member organizations edit

Azerbaijan Cultural Society
Balochistan National Movement – Iran
Balochistan People's Party
Balochistan United Front of Iran
Organisation of Kurmanj People (The Kurds in the region of North of Khorasan)
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Democratic Solidarity Party of al-Ahwaz
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Organization for Defence of the Rights of Turkmen People
Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement
National Movement of Iranian Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Mission
Party of United Lurestan and Bakhtiari
Southern Azerbaijan Diplomatic Commission
Turkmen National Democratic Movement
Kurdistan Freedom Party

References edit

^ Bíró, Anna-Mária (2018). Populism, Memory and Minority Rights: Central Eastern European Issues in Global Perspective. BRILL. p. 360. ISBN 9789004386426.
^ Landmine Monitor 2009. Monitor. 2009. p. 945. ISBN 9780973895551.
^ Sabahi, Farian (2013). "Iran, Iranian Media and Sunnite Islam". In Maréchal, Brigitte; Zemni, Sami (eds.). The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships: Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media. Hurst Publishers. pp. 163–178. ISBN 9781849042178.
^ Stansfield, Gareth; Shareef, Mohammed (2017). The Kurdish Question Revisited. Oxford University Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780190687175.
^ "Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran Held a Conference in Germany". Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2023-08-04.