The Hezbollah fraction (Persian: فراکسیون حزبالله, romanized: Feraksiyon-e Hezbollah, lit. 'Parliamentary Party of God')[1] was the conservative parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.
Hezbollah fraction | |
|---|---|
| Chamber | Iranian Parliament |
| Legislature(s) | 5th |
| Foundation | 1996 |
| Dissolution | 2000 |
| Member parties | Combatant Clergy Association Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Society of Engineers |
| President | Ali-Akbar Hosseini |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
Its leader was Ali-Akbar Hosseini.[2]
Political position edit
The group was formed as a countermove to establishment of the 'Hezbollah Assembly',[1] its main rival parliamentary group.[2]
Its members had been contested in the elections while included in the electoral list of the Combatant Clergy Association (CCA).[3] Formed by the "traditionalist right",[1] CCA members shaped core of the fraction.[2] Islamic Coalition Party and Islamic Society of Engineers were other prominent parties in the group.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
- ^ a b c Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (2016), Political Handbook of the World 1998, Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 433, ISBN 9781349149513
- ^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Group known as Anssar-e Hizbollah (Ansar/Anzar e Hezbollah), 18 September 2000, IRN34994.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be430.html [accessed 24 December 2019]
- ^ Mehdi Moslem (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 239, ISBN 9780815629788
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