Moderation and Development Party () is a

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. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002.

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The party is part of the faction called "modernist right", "moderate reformists" and "technocrats" that draws from upper-level bureaucrats, industrialists and managers. It deals with a platform on modernization and economic growth rather than social justice, along with the

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and the Islamic Labour Party. The party has been allied with Popular Coalition of Reforms and Pervasive Coalition of Reformists in parliamentary elections and has had good relations with both

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’s reform program and

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. In April 2017, the party joined the supreme policymaking council of

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. Some sources branded them as part of the conservative camp in the 2000s or

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s under the leadership of

. In 2003, the party's spokesperson wrote in ''

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'', a major Iranian newspaper, that the party regards itself among "true reformists", who are idealists, considering "social realities" interpreted with the "principle of moderation". According to Ali Afshari, the party prioritizes economic expansion and follows

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policies, however a minority faction represented by members, such as Bagher Nobakht, advocate institutionalized economy and maintain that the government should interfere to regulate markets to a limited extent. They support limited political and cultural transformations, and believe political activism should only be within the frameworks of the constitution. The party also embraces '' Velayat Faqih''.

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;Cabinet *

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, President of Iran * Mahmoud Vaezi, Chief of Staff * Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, Vice President for Strategy * Masoud Soltanifar, Minister of Sports ;Parliament * Bahram Parsaei (

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) * Zahra Saei ( Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr) * Ali Nobakht ( Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Ramezanali Sobhanifar ( Sabzevar, Joghatai and Joveyn) * Hadi Bahadori (

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) * Sakineh Almasi ( Kangan, Jam, Dayyer and Asaluyeh) * Rasoul Khezri ( Piranshahr and Sardasht) * Shadmehr Kazemzadeh ( Dehloran, Darreshahr and Abdanan)

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{{Iranian political parties Centrism in Iran Reformist political groups in Iran Political parties established in 1999 1999 establishments in Iran Centrist parties in Iran

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