Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
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Not to be confused with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.
The Islamic Iran Resistance Front or Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (Persian: جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی, romanized: Jebhe-ye Istâdegi-ye Irân-e Islâmi), or simply Resistance Front,[2][4] also translated Endurance Front,[5] is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2011. The group is associated with Mohsen Rezaee.[2] They competed with an electoral list in the 2012 Iranian legislative election,[2] and were able to win 18 exclusive seats (not shared with other lists).[6] The group endorsed 31 candidates for Tehran City Council in the 2013 Iranian local elections,[7] two of the candidates won seats.
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Resistance Front of Islamic Iran جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی | |
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Secretary-General | Yadollah Habibi[1] |
Spokesperson | Hassan Bayadi[1] |
Spiritual leader | Mohsen Rezaee[1] |
Head of Supreme Council | Mahmoud Alavi[1] |
Founded | January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01)[1] |
Split from | Principlists Pervasive Coalition |
Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
Ideology | Governance of the Jurist[1] |
Political position | Centre[2] |
National affiliation | Principlists[1] |
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Development and Justice Party and Green Party are affiliated with the front.