Islamic Reconciliation Party or Al-Wefaq Islamic Party ( fa, حزب وفاق اسلامی, ar, حزب الوفاق الاسلامي) formerly named Reconciliation Committee ( ar, لجنةالوفاق; ''Lejnat Al-Wefaq''), was an Iranian local

ethnic party An ethnic party is a political party that overtly presents itself as the champion of one ethnic group or sets of ethnic groups. Ethnic parties make such representation central to their voter mobilization strategy. An alternate designation is 'Pol ...

associated with Arab minority in

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it cover ...

. The party had candidates shared with the

Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front ( fa, جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Khor ...

, and was described as its ''Arabic wing''. It won several seats in

Ahvaz Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is home ...

City Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

, as well as a seat in the

Iranian Parliament The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ...

Dissolution

On 4 November 2006, the

Judicial system of Iran A nationwide judicial system in Iran was first implemented and established by Abdolhossein Teymourtash under Reza Shah, with further changes during the second Pahlavi dynasty, Pahlavi era. After the 1979 overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty by the ...

banned the party and declared it illegal on charges of "instigating unrest" and "opposing the system", accusing it of fueling

2005 Ahvaz unrest 2005 Ahvaz unrestDr. Babak Ganji. Civil Military Relations, State Strategies & Presidential Elections in Iran. Conflict Studies Research Centre, Middle East Series, June 2005: p.12.Rasmus C. Elling''State of Mind, State of Order: Reactions to Et ...

. Following detention of some party members, a faction were radicalized and joined the

Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz ( ar, حركة النضال العربي لتحرير الأحواز, ḥarakat an-nidhāl al-arabiː litaħriːr al-aḥwāz; abbreviated ASMLA) is an Arab nationalism, Arab nationalist and ...

which is a separatist militant organization designated as a "

terrorist organization A number of national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and fo ...

" by Iran.

Election results

References

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Dissolution

Election results

See also

References