Association for Defence of

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Values ( fa, جمعیت دفاع از ارزش‌های انقلاب اسلامی; Jam`īyat-e Defā` az Arzeshhā-ye Enqelāb-e Eslāmī) was a neo- principlist political party in

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, founded by

Mohammad Reyshahri Mohammad Reyshahri ( fa, محمد ری‌‌شهری), also known as Mohammad Mohammadi-Nik (29 October 1946 – 21 March 2022), was an Iranian politician and cleric who was the first Minister of Intelligence, serving from 1984 to 1989 in the c ...

. The party was defeated in the 1996 parliamentary and the 1997 presidential elections. The party's line was similar to those of the

Combatant Clergy Association The Combatant Clergy Association ( fa, جامعۀ روحانیت مبارز, jâmeʿe-ye rowhâniyat-e mobârez) is a politically active group in Iran, but not a political party in the traditional sense. It has never been registered as a politica ...

, and its core members were former counterparts of Reyshahri at the

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Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard Hojatoleslam Seyyed Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard ( fa, سید علی اکبر ابوترابی فرد; 1939 – June 2, 2000) was an Iranian revolutionary. During the Iran–Iraq War, he assisted in the organization of an Iranian militia but was ...

, Ruhollah Hosseinian,

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Ahmad Pournejati Ahmad Pournejati ( fa, احمد پورنجاتی) is an Iranian reformist politician who served a member of the Parliament of Iran from 2000 to 2004 representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. He was also a deputy director of the Islamic ...

and

Ali Razini ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

were among notable members.

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