Islamic Reconciliation Party

Islamic Reconciliation Party or Al-Wefaq Islamic Party (Persian: حزب وفاق اسلامی‎, Arabic: حزب الوفاق الاسلامي‎) formerly named Reconciliation Committee (Arabic: لجنةالوفاق‎; Lejnat Al-Wefaq),[2] was an Iranian local ethnic party associated with Arab minority in Khuzestan Province.[4]

This article is about Iranian banned party. For Bahraini opposition party, see Al Wefaq.
Islamic Reconciliation Party
Secretary-GeneralJasem Shadidzadeh Tamimi[1]
PresidiumJanuary 9, 2003 (2003-01-09)[2]
Founded1999[1]
BannedNovember 4, 2006 (2006-11-04)
HeadquartersAhvaz, Iran
IdeologyReformism[2][3]
Arab nationalism[3]
ReligionIslam

The party had candidates shared with the Islamic Iran Participation Front,[3] and was described as its Arabic wing.[5] It won several seats in Ahvaz's City Council, as well as a seat in the Iranian Parliament.

Dissolution

On 4 November 2006, the Judicial system of Iran banned the party and declared it illegal on charges of "instigating unrest" and "opposing the system", accusing it of fueling 2005 Ahvaz unrest.[4] Following detention of some party members, a faction were radicalized and joined the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz which is a separatist militant organization designated as a "terrorist organization" by Iran.[6]

Election results
Year Seats +/– Ref
Local elections
Ahvaz City Council
1999
3 / 9 (33%)
[2]
2003
8 / 9 (89%)
 5[1]
Parliamentary elections
Ahvaz, Bavi, Hamidieh and Karoun
2000
1 / 3 (33%)
[1][2]
2004
0 / 3 (0%)
 1[1]

See also

References
  1. "Ahwazi: Iran Bans Lejnat Al-Wefaq, Minority Rights Group". Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. "اعلام موجوديت نخستين حزب اسلامي در خوزستان" (in Persian). Pyknet. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. "شديدزاده: حزب وفاق اسلامي، تولد جديدي در فعاليت‌هاي سياسي كشور است" (in Persian). Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA). 2 February 2003. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. "Iran bans Arab party for inciting unrest". Asharq Al-Awsat. 4 November 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. "جدايي‌طلبي تروريست‌هاي وطني" (in Persian). Jaam-e Jam. 24 June 2012. 100815243943. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. "لجنه‌الوفاق یا لجنه‌النفاق؟!". Rahnama Monthly (in Persian). 4 (11). September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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