Editing Islamic Iran Participation Front

{{Short description|Islamic political party in Iran}}
{{Infobox political party
| name               = Islamic Iran Participation Front
| native_name        = جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی 
| native_name_lang   = fa
| colorcode          = #039
|logo = Islamic Iran Participation Front emblem.png
|logo_size = 195px
| general_secretary  = [[Mohsen Mirdamadi]] 
| spokesperson       = Hossein Kashefi
| slogan             = ''Iran for all Iranians''
| foundation         = {{start date and age|1998|12|5}}<ref name="Baqir al-Ulum">{{cite web|language=fa|url=http://www.pajoohe.com/fa/index.php?Page=definition&UID=43083|title=Islamic Iran Participation Front|publisher=Baqir al-Ulum Research Center|access-date=21 August 2015|author=Mohammad Ali Zandi}}</ref> 
| legalised          = {{start date and age|1999|2|19}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parstimes.com/politics/legally_registered_parties.html|work=Khorasan Newspaper|title=List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran|publisher=Pars Times|access-date=21 August 2015|number=14759|page=4|date=July 30, 2000}}</ref> 
| banned             = April 2010
| headquarters       = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
| national           = [[Council for coordinating the Reforms Front]]
| continental = [[International Conference of Asian Political Parties]] (ICAPP)<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theicapp.org/download.php?filename=icapp_new%2Fcontent%2F13184840351.pdf&ori_fn=ICAPP-4GA-002.pdf|title=The 4 th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties: List of Participating Political Parties and Observers|work=International Conference of Asian Political Parties|date=7 September 2006|access-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801235440/http://www.theicapp.org/download.php?filename=icapp_new%2Fcontent%2F13184840351.pdf&ori_fn=ICAPP-4GA-002.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
| religion           = [[Islam]]
| country            = Iran 
| newspaper          = ''[[Mosharekat]]'' <small>(Official)</small><br /><small>Unofficial:</small><br />''[[Eqbal]]''<br />''[[Sobh-e Emrooz]]''<br />''[[Jame'e]]''<br />''[[Toos (newspaper)|Toos]]''<br />''[[Neshat]]''<br />''[[Khordad (newspaper)|Khordad]]''
| ideology           = [[Reformism]]<br />[[Islamic democracy]]<ref name=idp/><br />[[Islamic liberalism]]<ref name=idp/>
| position           = [[Big tent]]<ref name="Ariabarzan">{{cite thesis |last=Mohammadighalehtaki|first=Ariabarzan|date=2012|title=Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat)|type=Ph.D. thesis|publisher=[[Durham University]]|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3507/}}</ref>
| blank1_title = Spiritual successor
| blank1 = [[Union of Islamic Iran People Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/oct/07/how-irans-beleaguered-reformist-party-has-been-reincarnated-once-again|title=How Iran's beleaguered reformist party has been reincarnated once again|date=7 October 2015|publisher=The Guardian|work=Tehran Bureau|access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref>
}}
The '''Islamic Iran Participation Front''' ({{langx|fa|جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی}}; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a [[Iranian reform movement|reformist]] political [[party]] in [[Iran]]. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the [[Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front|2nd of Khordad Front]].<ref>[http://www.netnative.com/news/01/jan/1051.html 1/9/2001 2nd Khordad Front must ponder over every aspect of their actions: daily] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194246/http://www.netnative.com/news/01/jan/1051.html |date=2016-03-03 }} ''Net Native''</ref>

The party took 189 of the 290 seats (65%) in the Sixth [[Islamic Consultative Assembly|Majlis]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Women and Political Leadership in an Authoritarian Context: A Case Study of the Sixth Parliament in the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=http://www.womanstats.org/research_articles/MoghadamPoliticsAndGender.pdf|author=Valentine M. Moghadam, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo|journal=Politics & Gender|publisher=The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association|volume=12|issue=1|pages=168–197|date=March 2016|doi=10.1017/S1743923X15000598|s2cid=147214983}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the [[2009–2010 Iranian election protests|Green Movement protests]], its license was revoked and the party was subsequently barred from contesting elections.<ref>{{citation|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/11/04/175366.html|title=Iran bans three reformist parties from participating in upcoming polls|work=Al Arabiya|access-date=11 August 2022|author=Najah Mohammad Ali|date=4 November 2011}}</ref>

==History and profile==
Founded in late 1998,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jebheh-ye Mosharekat-e Iran-e Islami|url=http://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/iipfprofile.pdf|publisher=Syracuse University|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref> the main motto of the IIPF is "Iran for all Iranians" ({{langx|fa|ایران برای همه ایرانیان}}).<ref name=idp/> While still backing [[Islam]], the [[state religion]] of Iran, the party is among the evangelizers of [[democracy]] in Iran. Some members of the front however belong to different factions and ideologies, as described by [[Saeed Hajjarian]] it is "''the party of between the two Abbas''" ({{langx|fa|حزب بین‌العباسین}}, referring to the gap between right-winger [[Abbas Duzduzani]] and left-winger [[Abbas Abdi]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftabir.com/articles/view/politics/iran/c1c1180452388_iran_p1.php/%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C-%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA |title=اصلاح طلب کیست, اصلاح طلبی چیست |access-date=2016-09-18 |archive-date=2016-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927094746/http://www.aftabir.com/articles/view/politics/iran/c1c1180452388_iran_p1.php/%d8%a7%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8-%da%a9%db%8c%d8%b3%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8%db%8c-%da%86%db%8c%d8%b3%d8%aa |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It was led by former [[Secretary-General]] of the party, [[Mohammad Reza Khatami]] (the brother of [[Mohammad Khatami]], the fifth [[President of Iran]]) before the election of [[Mohsen Mirdamadi]] as new [[Secretary-General]] in 9th congress.

In 2004, Mohammad Reza Khatami, along with other prominent members such as [[Elaheh Koulaei]], [[Mohsen Mirdamadi]], and [[Ali Shakouri-Rad]] were barred from standing in the [[2004 Iran Majlis election|parliament elections]] by the [[Council of Guardians]].

In spring of 2005, this party supported [[Mostafa Moin]] in the presidential election together with its unofficial daily ''[[Eqbal]]'' which was disestablished in July 2005.<ref name=idp>{{cite web|title=Islamic Iran Participation Front|url=http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/parties/mosharekat/iipfprofile.pdf|work=Iran Data Portal|access-date=13 October 2013|year=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115913/http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/parties/mosharekat/iipfprofile.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Members==
The decision center of the party is the Central Council, which has thirty members. Some of the members include:<ref name="Ariabarzan"/>
* [[Mohammad Reza Khatami]]
* [[Saeed Hajjarian]]
* [[Elaheh Koulaei]]
* [[Mostafa Tajzadeh]]
* [[Mohsen Mirdamadi]]
* [[Abdollah Ramezanzadeh]]
* [[Safdar Hosseini]]
* [[Ali Shakouri-Rad]]
* [[Jalal Jalalizadeh]]
* [[Ahmad Shirzad]]
* [[Hadi Ghabel]]
* [[Davoud Soleymani]]
* [[Saeed Shirkavand]]

== Ban ==
{{Update|section|updated 27 July 2017|date=November 2021}}
Following [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|2009 post-poll protests]], the government suspended the party along with the [[Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization]] in April 2010.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/world/middleeast/20iran.html|title=Iran Mutes A Chorus of Voices for Reform|work=The New York Times|author=Robert F. Worth|access-date=21 June 2017|date=19 April 2010}}</ref> A few weeks later in March, [[Iranian Judiciary]] banned the party and closed down its office when it had scheduled to hold its annual meeting. The party called the action "an illegal act".<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Iran_Said_To_Ban_Largest_Reformist_Party/1984541.html|title=Iran Said To Ban Activities Of Largest Reformist Party|newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty |agency=Reuters|access-date=21 June 2017|date=15 March 2010|via=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}</ref> In October, the party declared that Branch 27 of Tehran General Court overturned the decision of the [[Ministry of Interior (Iran)|Ministry of Interior]]'s Article 10 Commission, responsible for licensing political parties in Iran.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.roozonline.com/english/news3/newsitem/article/court-denies-mosharekat-partys-dissolution.html|title=Court Denies Mosharekat Party's Dissolution|work=RoozOnline|author=Arash Bahmani|access-date=21 June 2017|date=8 October 2010}}</ref>
On 27 September 2010, prosecutor-general told press that the party is dissolved and not allowed to have any activities. The party announced it had received no notification of any such court verdict and thus could not be enforced, calling for a chance to appeal.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/iran-bans-two-leading-reformist-political-parties|title=Iran bans two leading reformist political parties|work=The National|author=Michael Theodoulou|access-date=21 June 2017|date=29 September 2010}}</ref> In November 2011, the interior ministry declared that the party is unable to run for parliament seats in the [[2012 Iranian legislative election|2012 elections]] because its license is revoked.<ref>{{citation|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/11/04/175366.html|title=Iran bans three reformist parties from participating in upcoming polls|work=Al Arabiya|access-date=21 June 2017|author=Najah Mohammad Ali|date=4 November 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Islamic political parties]]

==References==
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