The Septuple Coalition was the

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ...

of seven

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political groups contesting in the

1979 Iranian Constitutional Convention election Constitutional Convention elections were held in Iran on 3 and 4 August 1979. The result was a victory for the Islamic Republican Party. There were 10,784,932 votes cast in the elections, marking 51.71% turnout. Of all members elected, 68% were c ...

with the stated objective of "exposé". The alliance endorsed candidates of the

Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG; ), simply known as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq () was an underground Marxist–Leninist guerrilla organization in Iran. The OIPFG was one of the most important and influential armed groups dur ...

–which was not part of the coalition– despite political differences. Their main base of support came from lower and lower-middle class students. The leading candidate in the list was Morteza Aladpoush who received only 49,979 votes in Tehran constituency.

Stance

They rejected the draft constitution as a "proof of

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treason against the revolution and the people" and the way the

Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution The Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution (AFRC; ), also known as the Assembly of Experts for Constitution (), was a constituent assembly in Iran that was convened in 1979 to condense and ratify the draft prepared beforehand for the C ...

was mandated by the

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. As quoted by ''

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''):

Parties in coalition

The groups in coalition were: * Organization of Working-class Freedom Fighters (''sāzmān-e razmandagān-e āzādī-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar''), simply known as 'Razmandegan' *

Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class The Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, or simply Peykar, also known by the earlier name Marxist Mojahedin, was a splinter group from the People's Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Members associated with it declare ...

(''sāzmān-e peykār dar rāh-e āzādī-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar''), simply known as 'Peykar' * Group for the Combat for Emancipation of the Working Class (), a small Iranian group that refused to accept joining Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. It published ''Nabard'', and its leader was Amir-Hossein Ahmadian. *The United Campaign for Fulfillment of the Working Class Aspirations (), a small communist party. The group mainly consisted of Marxist Mojahedin members who refused to join the

(Peykar). A split in the organization weakened it, and the remaining members joined the Union of Iranian Communists. Other members who allied with the Warriors for the Freedom of the Working Class, eventually formed the Worker-communist Party of Iran. * People's Freedom Fighters of Iran (''mobārezīn-e āzādī-e ḵalq-e Īrān'') * The Nexus (''payvand'') * Fighters of the Working-class' Way (''mobārezān-e rāh-e ṭabaqa-ye kārgar'')

References

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Stance

Parties in coalition

See also

References