Voice of Nation Coalition (, also translated the People's Voice or Nation's Voice) was a

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for

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ian

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and 2024 legislative elections, led by Ali Motahari.

Political stance

The list was originally called "Government Critics Front" (), as their stance was against Ahmadinejad Government for 2012 election. It was later renamed to Voice of Nation. The group is self-proclaimed principlist, as it states in a statement published February 2012 it is "proud to be affiliated with the principlism, although we are critical of some principlists". It has been described as "a slate of moderate conservatives" and "a moderate conservative tendency which includes dissident deputies campaigning on a more

reformist Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution. Within the socialist movement, ref ...

platform, stressing the

rights Rights are law, legal, social, or ethics, ethical principles of freedom or Entitlement (fair division), entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal sy ...

of the people and

freedom of speech Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The rights, right to freedom of expression has been r ...

within the constitution". According to

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, the group is a "parliamentary list of middle-of-the-road conservatives... which tried to form a bridge between the two poles .e. Reformists and Principlists. The group's leader, Ali Motahari believes that there are shortcomings in both principlist and

camps and has called for the removal of the "artificial wall" between the two. Their lists features a combination of

and principlist candidates. The group has been a supporter of Government of Hassan Rouhani and the nuclear talks. Voice of Nation posters consist of stylized pictures of

constitutional A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these princ ...

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Election results

Parliament

Tehran City Council

Notes

References

External links

;Electoral lists
2012 Parliamentary elections

2013 City Council of Tehran election

2016 Parliamentary elections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voice of Nation Principlist political groups in Iran Political parties established in 2012 Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2012 Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2016 2012 establishments in Iran