The Executives of Construction of Iran Party () is a

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, founded by 16 members of the cabinet of the then President

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in 1996. The party is a member of Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front.

Views and factions

Economically, the party supports

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s and

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, with a high emphasis on progress and development. The party takes the view that economic freedom is fundamentally linked to

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and

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, but it should not be allowed to conflict with development. The party is divided into two factions in constant struggle, the more conservative " Kermani faction" led by Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani and

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, and the more liberal "

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i faction" led by Mohammad Atrianfar and Gholamhossein Karbaschi.

Members

Founders

The party was formed in 1996. The following sixteen people were its founders; they signed the declaration of its formation. The founding board members registering the party with the

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in 1999 are marked in the rightmost column.

Party leaders

Current officeholders

;Cabinet * Eshaq Jahangiri (First Vice President) * Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (Minister of Petroleum) * Isa Kalantari (Vice President for Environment) ;Parliament * Parvaneh Mafi (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Fatemeh Saeidi (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Abdolreza Hashemzaei (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Nahid Tajeddin (Isfahan) * Mohammad-Bagher Sa'adat (Dashtestan) * Masoud Rezaei (Shiraz) * Vali Maleki (Meshginshahr) ;Local * Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani (Chairman of Tehran City Council) * Shakur Akbarnejad (Chairman of Tabriz City Council)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Executives Of Construction Party 1996 establishments in Iran Political parties established in 1996 Reformist political groups in Iran Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 1996 Liberal parties in Iran Right-wing parties in Iran