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This article lists political parties in Iran.
| Faction | Ideology | Year founded | Political position | 2024 presidential election | Legislators | |||
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| Popular | Parliament | Assembly of Experts | Expediency Discernment Council | |||||
| Reformists | Moderate Islamism | 1997 | Right-wing Faction: far-right | 16,384,403 (54.8%) | 43 / 290 | 1 / 88 | 7 / 48 | |
| Principlists | Islamic fundamentalism | far-right | 13,538,179 (45.2%) | 198 / 290 | 59 / 88 | 38 / 48 | ||
| Party | Logo | Founded | Leader | Faction | Political position | Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCIRF | | 2019 | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel | Principlists | Right-wing Factions: Far-right | 106 / 290 | ||
| FIRS | | 2011 | Sadegh Mahsouli | Principlists | Far-right | 79 / 290 | ||
| VNC | | 2012 | Ali Motahari | Reformists | Centre-right to right-wing | 43 / 290 | ||
| CCA | | 1977 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Principlists | Right-wing | 13 / 290 | ||
| Independent politicians | 44 / 290 | |||||||
| Vacant | 5 / 290 | |||||||
| Party | Logo | Founded | Secretary-General | Political position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant Clergy Association | | 1977 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Right-wing | |
| Front of Islamic Revolution Stability | | 2011 | Sadegh Mahsouli | Far-right | |
| Islamic Coalition Party | | 1963 | Asadollah Badamchian | Right-wing | |
| Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution | | 1997 | Mohammad Javad Ameri | Right-wing | |
| Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | | 1961 | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri | Right-wing | |
| YEKTA Front | 2015 | Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee | Far-right | ||
| Party | Secretary-General |
|---|---|
| Islamic Society of Engineers | Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
| Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution | Malek Shariati |
| Islamic Association of Physicians | Hossein Ali Shahriari |
| Islamic Society of Employees | Kamal Sajjadi |
| Islamic Society of Athletes | Hassan Ghafourifard |
| Zeynab Society | Azam Haji-Abbasi |
| Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists | Hassan Ghafourifard |
| Fadayeen of Islam Society | Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei |
| Development and Justice Party | Mehdi Vakilpour |
| Green Party | Hossein Kanani Moghaddam |
| Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran | Mohammad Saeed Ahadian |
| Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran | Amir Mohebbian |
| Islamic Iran Freedom Party [1] | Issa Kakoui |
| 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 |
| Party | Ideology | Religion | Secretary-General |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Front | Nationalism | Secular | Seyed Hossein Mousavian |
| Iran Party (member of the National Front) | Nationalism | Secular | The party is managed by its central committee [2] [3] |
| Party of the Iranian People (member of the National Front) | Left-wing nationalism | Islamic | Mohammadsadeh Maserrat |
| Pan-Iranist Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Zahra Gholamipour |
| Nation Party | Pan-Iranism | Secular | Khosrow Seif |
| Movement of Militant Muslims | Socialism | Islamic | Habibollah Peyman |
| Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists | Nationalism | Islamic | None |
| Freedom Movement of Iran | Nationalism | Islamic | Mohammad Tavasoli |
The main Iranian opposition parties can be broadly grouped as follows: on the liberal-democratic side, the Constitutionalist Party of Iran; on the secular-religious (or Muslim democratic) side, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran; on the leftist side, the Left Party of Iran; and on the ethnic (Kurdish) side, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.
All constitutional monarchist organizations are secular and support restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal Democrat | Foad Pashaie | |
| Iran-Novin Party | Dr. Hamed Sheibanyrad | |
| Iranian Secular Democratic Party | Esmail Nooriala |
| Party | Ethnicity | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Mustafa Hijri | |
| Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Kurdish | Abdullah Mohtadi | |
| Komalah Organization of the Communist Party of Iran | Kurdish | Ibrahim Alizade | |
| Komala - Reform Faction | Kurdish | Omar Ilkhanizade | |
| Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan - Reunification Faction | Kurdish | Abdulla Konaposhi | |
| Kurdistan Freedom Party | Kurdish | Hussein Yazdanpanah | |
| Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle | Kurdish | Baba Sheikh Hosseini | |
| Kurdistan Free Life Party | Kurdish | Siamand Moini and Zîlan Vejîn | |
| Qashqai freedom path party | Qashqai | Ruhollah moradi qashqai | |
| Lorestan Party of Iran | Lurs | Faramarz Bakhtiar | |
| Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement | Azeri | Mahmudali Chehregani | |
| Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization | Azeri | Unknown | |
| South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement | Azeri | Piruz Dilanchi |
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran | Maryam Rajavi |
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Tudeh Party of Iran | Mohammad Omidvar | |
| Communist Party of Iran | Unknown | Unknown |
| Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Laborers' Party of Iran | Unknown | |
| Labour Party of Iran (Toufan) | Unknown | |
| Worker-communist Party of Iran | Hamid Taqvaee | |
| Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist | Rahman Hosseinzadeh | |
| Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas | Ashraf Dehghani | |
| Fedaian Organisation – Minority | Akbar Kamyabi | |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Identity [ citation needed ] | Mehdi Same | |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas [ citation needed ] | Hossein Zohari | |
| Worker's Way | Unknown | |
| Socialist Workers' Party of Iran | Unknown |
| Party | Leader | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Left Party of Iran | Behrouz Khaliq | |
| Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian – Majority | Farrokh Negahdar | |
| Green Party of Iran | Kazem Moussavi | |
| Social Democratic and Laïc Party of Iran | Farhang Ghasemi |
Political position key
Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions . Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10134-7