The Hezbollah Assembly or Assembly of Hezbollah[1] (Persian: مجمع حزبالله, romanized: Majma'-e Hezbollah, lit. 'Parliamentary Union of the Party of God')[2] was a parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.
Hezbollah Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Chamber | Iranian Parliament |
| Legislature(s) | 5th |
| Foundation | June 1996 |
| Dissolution | 2000 |
| Member parties | Association of Combatant Clerics Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Executives of Construction Party Worker House |
| President | Abdollah Nouri (1996–1997) Majid Ansari (1997–2000) |
| Ideology | Reformism |
It has been described as "a moderate grouping of legislative members positioned in the counterpoint of Hezbollah [fraction]"[3] and a "parliamentary alliance" between the modernist right and the Islamic left.[2]
Its leader was Abdollah Nouri,[3] who was later succeeded by Majid Ansari.[4]
Political position
editIt was founded in 1996 mainly by the candidates included in the electoral list of the right-wing Executives of Construction, which according to Banks et al., is believed to have won 90 to 100 seats.[3] Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization was another major group in the parliamentary group with some 30 seats, according to Wilfried Buchta.[2] Members of the Worker House were also in the parliamentary group.[5]
The group was supportive of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani[6] and endorsed Mohammad Khatami in his successful bid for 1997 Iranian presidential election,[3] before declaring their support for candidacy of Mir-Hossein Mousavi.[7]
References
edit- ^ Mehdi Moslem (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 245, ISBN 9780815629788
- ^ a b c Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
- ^ a b c d Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (2016), Political Handbook of the World 1998, Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 433, ISBN 9781349149513
- ^ Menashri, David (2012), The Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society and Power, Routledge, p. 98
- ^ Samii, Bill (15 February 1999), "Iran Report", Free Europe/Radio Liberty, vol. 2, no. 7
- ^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Group known as Anssar-e Hizbollah (Ansar/Anzar e Hezbollah), 18 September 2000, IRN34994.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be430.html [accessed 24 December 2019]
- ^ Mehdi Moslem (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 245, ISBN 9780815629788