Coalition of

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active in 1990s, consisting of

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groups later emerging current

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. An ally of

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, the coalition endorsed their list for the 1992 parliamentary election and issued its own list for

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Ideology

Economically, the group opposed

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and emphasized

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, equal

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, state control over economy using continuation of

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and

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. In foreign policy, they supported export of the revolution, support of Islamic movements abroad and confrontation with the United States.

Member groups

Members of the alliance were: *

Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization (MIRO; fa, سازمان مجاهدین انقلاب اسلامی ایران, Sāzmān-e Mojāhedin-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi-e Irān) is a reformist political organization in Iran. It is a small ...

Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society ( fa, انجمن اسلامی جامعه پزشکی ایران) is an Iranian reformist political party affiliated with the Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front. Members * Mohammad Farhad ...

Islamic Association of Engineers The Islamic Association of Engineers ( fa, انجمن اسلامی مهندسین, anǰoman-e eslāmī-ye mohandesīn) is a civic and professional association in Iran founded in 1957. The organization is a platform for Islamic modernist activist ...

Islamic Association of Teachers The Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran ( fa, انجمن اسلامی معلمان ایران) is an Iranian reformist teacher's political organization/labor union. Most members of the association are employees of Ministry of Education. Me ...

* Islamic Association of University Instructors *

Office for Strengthening Unity The Office for Strengthening Unity (also Office for Consolidating Unity, fa, دفتر تحکیم وحدت, Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat), is an Iranian student organization created in 1979, and has been described as "the country's most well-known stud ...

Non-member allies

Executives of Construction Party The Executives of Construction of Iran Party ( fa, حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران, Hezb-e Kārgozārān-e Sāzandegi-ye Irān) is a reformist political party in Iran, founded by 16 members of the cabinet of the then President ...

References

{{Electoral lists in Iran Defunct political party alliances in Iran Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 1996 Far-left politics Reformist political groups in Iran