List of political parties in Iran

This article lists political parties in Iran.

Parties active inside Iran[]

Principlists[]

Main active parties

Party	Secretary-General
Combatant Clergy Association	Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom	Hashem Hosseini Bushehri
Islamic Coalition Party	Asadollah Badamchian
Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution	Mohammad Javad Ameri
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability	Sadegh Mahsouli
YEKTA Front	Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee

Other parties

Party	Secretary-General
Islamic Society of Engineers	Mohammad-Reza Bahonar
Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
Islamic Association of Physicians
Islamic Society of Employees	Kamal Sajjadi
Islamic Society of Athletes	Hassan Ghafourifard
Zeynab Society
Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists	Hassan Ghafourifard
Fadayeen of Islam Society	Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei
Development and Justice Party
Green Party
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran	Amir Mohebbian
Islamic Iran Freedom Party^[1]	Issa Kakoui

Reformists[]

Main active parties

Party	Secretary-General
Association of Combatant Clerics	Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Islamic Labour Party	Hossein Kamali
Executives of Construction Party	Gholamhossein Karbaschi
National Trust Party	Elias Hazrati
Union of Islamic Iran People Party	Ali Shakouri-Rad
NEDA Party	Sadegh Kharazi
Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice Organization	Amir Taheri
Moderation and Development Party	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht

Other parties

Party	Secretary-General
Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers	Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Islamic Association of Teachers	Abdolrazzagh Mousavi
Islamic Association of Engineers	Ali-Mohammad Gharbiani
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society	Mohammadreza Zafarghandi
Islamic Association of University Instructors	Mahmoud Sadeghi
Association of Followers of the Imam's Line	Hadi Khamenei
Islamic Iran Solidarity Party	Ali-Asghar Ahmadi
Democracy Party	Mostafa Kavakebian
Will of the Iranian Nation Party	Ahmad Hakimipour
Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic	Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini
Islamic Assembly of Ladies	Fatemeh Karroubi
Worker House	Alireza Mahjoub
Popular Party of Reforms	Mohammad Zare Foumani

Banned parties

Party	Secretary-General
Islamic Iran Participation Front	Mohsen Mirdamadi
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization	Mohammad Salamati
The Green Path of Hope	None

Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran[]

Party	Ideology	Religion	Secretary-General
National Front	Nationalism	Secular	Vacant
Pan-Iranist Party	Pan-Iranism	Secular	Zahra Gholamipour
Nation Party	Pan-Iranism	Secular	Khosrow Seif
Movement of Militant Muslims	Socialism	Islamic	Habibollah Payman
Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists	Nationalism	Islamic	None
Freedom Movement of Iran	Nationalism	Islamic	Mohammad Tavasoli
Azure Party (1942-1953)	Nazism	Islamic	Defunct since 1953

Opposition parties active in exile[]

Secular Democrats[]

Party	Leader	Base
Iranian Secular Democratic Party		Canada United States
Iranian Secular Democracy Movement		United States

Republicans[]

Party	Leader	Base
Iran Transition Council	Hassan Shariatmadari	Germany

Monarchists[]

All monarchist organizations are secular and claim restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:

Party	Leader	Base
Kingdom Assembly of Iran (Tondar)	Frood Fouladvand	United States
Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal Democrat	Foad Pashaie	United States
National Council of Iran	Reza Pahlavi	France

Ethnic/Secessionist[]

Party	Ethnicity	Leader	Base
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Kurdish	Mustafa Hijri	Iraq
Kurdistan Democratic Party	Kurdish	Mostafa Moloudi	Iraq
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Kurdish	Abdullah Mohtadi	Iraq
Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of Iran	Kurdish	Ibrahim Alizade	Iraq
Kurdistan Freedom Party	Kurdish	Hussein Yazdanpanah	Iraq
Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle	Kurdish	Baba Sheikh Hosseini	Iraq
Kurdistan Free Life Party	Kurdish	Siamand Moini and Zîlan Vejîn	Turkey
Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement	Azeri	Mahmudali Chehregani	Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization	Azeri	Unknown	Azerbaijan
South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement	Azeri	Piruz Dilanchi	Azerbaijan

Leftists[]

Party	Leader	Base
People's Mujahedin of Iran National Council of Resistance of Iran	Maryam Rajavi	France Albania
Tudeh Party of Iran	Mohammad Omidvar	Germany United Kingdom
Communist Party of Iran	Unknown	Unknown
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)	Unknown	Unknown
Laborers’ Party of Iran	Unknown	Sweden
Labour Party of Iran	Unknown	Germany
Worker-communist Party of Iran	Hamid Taqvaee	Germany
Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist	Rahman Hosseinzadeh	Sweden
Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas	Ashraf Dehghani	United Kingdom
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian – Majority	Behrouz Khaliq	Germany
Fedaian Organisation – Minority	Akbar Kamyabi	Netherlands
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Identity	Mehdi Same	France
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas	Hossein Zohari	Germany
Worker’s Way	Unknown	Germany

Others[]

Party	Ideology	Leader	Base
Glorious Frontiers Party	Nationalism	Roozbeh Farahanipour	United States
Green Party of Iran	Green	Kazem Moussavi	Germany
^{[citation needed]}	Social democracy	Jalal Madani^{[citation needed]}	Germany
Iran Revival	Liberalism	40 Activists	USA

References[]

^ Rohollah Faghihi (9 September 2015), "Tehran's ever-ambitious mayor", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2017

Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran between two revolutions. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10134-7

[1] Rohollah Faghihi (9 September 2015), "Tehran's ever-ambitious mayor", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2017

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v t Political organizations in Iran
Politics of Iran House of Parties of Iran
Principlists	The Two Societies Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Society of Engineers Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran Islamic Society of Students Islamic Society of Employees Islamic Society of Athletes Zeynab Society Front of Transformationalist Principlists Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists Summit of Freethinkers Party Fadayeen of Islam Society Ansar-e Hezbollah Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Resistance Front of Islamic Iran Development and Justice Party Green Party Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran YEKTA Front
Reformists	Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front Association of Combatant Clerics Executives of Construction Party Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers Islamic Association of Teachers Islamic Association of Engineers Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society Islamic Association of University Instructors Association of Followers of the Imam's Line Islamic Iran Solidarity Party Democracy Party Will of the Iranian Nation Party Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic Islamic Assembly of Ladies Office for Strengthening Unity Islamic Labour Party Worker House Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice Organization Popular Party of Reforms Iranian Call and Reform Organization Kurdish United Front Moderation and Development Party National Trust Party The Green Path of Hope NEDA Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party
Anti-establishment	National Front Iran Party Party of the Iranian People Freedom Movement Movement of Militant Muslims Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists Pan-Iranist Party Nation Party
Electoral lists Banned/Exiled parties Historic parties

v t Banned/exiled political organizations of Iran
Politics of Iran
Leftists	People's Mujahedin National Council of Resistance Tudeh Party Communist Party Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Union of People's Fedaian of Iran Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) Fedaian Organisation (Minority) Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (In Search of Identity Program) Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1985) Workers Left Unity – Iran Worker's Way Socialist Workers' Party Worker-Communist Party Worker-Communist Party – Hekmatist Worker-Communism Unity Party Labour Party Laborers' Party
Liberal democrats	Glorious Frontiers Party Green Party United Republicans
Monarchists	National Council of Iran Constitutionalist Party Kingdom Assembly of Iran
Ethnic groups	Kurdistan Democratic Party KDPI KDP Komala PIK CPI KTP RF Kurdistan Freedom Party Kurdistan Free Life Party Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz
Iran-based parties Defunct parties

v t Historical political organizations in Iran
Politics of Iran
Qajar monarchy	Social Democratic Party Socialist Revolutionary Party Democrat Party Moderate Socialists Party Union and Progress Party Progressives Party Unified Socialist Party Social Reformers Party Learned Council Revival Party Reformers' Party Socialist Party Communist Party Young Communist League Armenian Revolutionary Federation Social Democrat Hunchakian Party Revolutionary Republican Party
Pahlavi monarchy	New Iran Party Progress Party Justice Party Battle Party Motherland Party Jungle Party Azure Party National Union Party National Will Party Azerbaijani Democratic Party Democrat Party Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists United Front of Progressive Parties Iran Unity Party Comrades Party SUMKA Aria Party Society of Muslim Warriors Toilers Party Third Force League of Iranian Socialists Organization of Communist Revolutionaries Islamic Nations Party JAMA Union of Communist Militants Union of Iranian Communists Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas People's Democratic Front Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class Organization of Working-class Freedom Fighters Nationalists’ Party New Iran Party People's Party Iranians' Party Resurgence Party
Islamic Republic	Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition Grand coalition Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President Eponym Group Muslim People's Republic Party National Democratic Front Radical Movement of Iran People's Revolutionary Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Azadegan Organization Front for the Liberation of Iran Islamic Republican Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived Coalition of Imam's Line groups Association for Defence of Revolution Values Islamic Reconciliation Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Islamic Iran Participation Front
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