Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution

Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی
General Secretary Parviz Sorouri
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 اسلامی‎; 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ Amini, Tina. "Opinion - New Parliament Set for Faceoff with Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.


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