The Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (, also translated Persevering Front, Endurance Front and Steadfast Front) is an Iranian
principlist political group described as "
extreme end of the
fundamentalist camp" and "Iran’s most right-wing party".
The group was established as an
electoral list
An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can c ...
for the
2012 legislative election. The front is partly made up of former ministers of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian Iranian principlists, principlist and Iranian nationalism, nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a mem ...
and
Taqi Yazdi is said to be the "spiritual leader" behind the group.
The front declares that it stands against both "sedition" (
2009 Iranian presidential election protests) and the "
deviant current".
Rajanews website is its online mouthpiece.
Views
''
The Economist
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'' described them as "Shia supremacists who oppose any kind of compromise with anyone inside or outside Iran".
The group's influence extends to the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...
(IRGC), where they've strategically positioned clerics and commanders who share their hardline ideologies. Many of the recent generation's commanders have undergone extensive training at summer camps conducted by clerics from this group.
History
In 2013, the front supported
Saeed Jalili for
president
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after
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani's withdrawal, and it released
electoral lists for
local elections
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in several cities, with a
landslide victory
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in
Mashhad
Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...
City Council.
In recent years, the group has been influential in passing new laws, such as chastity laws, and in attempts to reinstate the
mandatory hijab, which had seen a de facto suspension following
widespread protests in 2022.
Election results
President
Parliament
City councils
Members
Party leaders
Current officeholders
;Parliament members
*
Ahmad Salek (Isfahan)
*
Mohammad Esmaeil Saeidi (Tabriz)
*
Mojtaba Zonnour (Qom)
*
Ahmad Amirabadi (Qom)
*
Javad Karimi-Ghodousi (Mashhad)
*
Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi (Mashhad)
*
Nasrollah Pejmanfar (Mashhad)
*
Ehsan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (Fariman)
*
Hossein Naghavi-Hosseini (Varamin)
*
Mohammad-Mehdi Zahedi (Kerman)
*
Mohammad-Javad Abtahi (Khomeinishahr)
*
Hossein-Ali Haji-Deligani (Shahin Shahr)
*
Alireza Salimi (Mahallat)
Notes and references
2011 establishments in Iran
Principlist political groups in Iran
Political parties established in 2011
Far-right political parties in Iran
Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2012
Right-wing populist parties
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