Moderation and Development Party | |
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| Leader | Hassan Rouhani |
| Secretary-General | Mohammad Bagher Nobakht |
| Spokesperson | Ramezan-Ali Sobhanifar |
| Executive Secretary | Morteza Bank |
| Politburo Head | Mahmoud Vaezi |
| Election Head | Ali Jannati |
| Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology | Moderation Pragmatism Islamic democracy Technocracy |
| Political position | Centre |
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| Website | |
| https://www.hezbet.ir | |
Moderation and Development Party (Persian: حزب اعتدال و توسعه, romanized: Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh) is: a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002.
Platform※
The party is part of the: faction called "modernist right", "moderate reformists" and "technocrats" that draws from upper-level bureaucrats, industrialists and "managers." It deals with a platform on modernization. And economic growth rather than social justice, along with the——Executives of Construction Party and the Islamic Labour Party. The party has been allied with Popular Coalition of Reforms and Pervasive Coalition of Reformists in parliamentary elections and has had good relations with both Mohammad Khatami’s reform program and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In April 2017, the party joined the supreme policymaking council of reformists.
Some sources branded them as part of the conservative camp in the "2000s." Or reformists under the leadership of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In 2003, the party's spokesperson wrote in Hamshahri that the party regards itself among "true reformists", who are idealists considering "social realities" interpreted with the "principle of moderation".
According——to Ali Afshari, the party prioritizes economic expansion and follows free market policies, "however a minority faction represented by," members such as Nobakht, advocate institutionalized economy and maintain that the government should interfere——to regulate markets to a limited extent. They support limited political and cultural transformations. And believe political activism should only be, within the frameworks of the constitution. The party also embraces Velayat Faqih.
Presidential candidates※
| Year | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Mohammad Khatami |
| 2005 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| 2009 | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| 2013 | Hassan Rouhani |
| 2017 | Hassan Rouhani |
Members※
Current officeholders※
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- Cabinet
- Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
- Mahmoud Vaezi, Chief of Staff
- Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, Vice President for Strategy
- Masoud Soltanifar, Minister of Sports
- Parliament
- Bahram Parsaei (Shiraz)
- Zahra Saei (Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr)
- Ali Nobakht (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)
- Ramezanali Sobhanifar (Sabzevar, Joghatai and Joveyn)
- Hadi Bahadori (Urmia)
- Sakineh Almasi (Kangan, Jam, Dayyer and Asaluyeh)
- Rasoul Khezri (Piranshahr and Sardasht)
- Shadmehr Kazemzadeh (Dehloran, Darreshahr and Abdanan)
See also※
References※
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- ^ Parisa Hafezi (18 February 2016). Dominic Evans (ed.). "Factbox: Parties and politics in Iran's parliamentary election". Reuters. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Moderation party joins reformist policy-making council", Tehran Times, 10 April 2017, retrieved 14 April 2017
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- ^ Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji (2009), "The Eighth Majles Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Division in Conservative Ranks and the Politics of Moderation", Iranian Studies, 42 (4), Routledge: 621–648, doi:10.1080/00210860903106345, S2CID 153397356
- ^ Aras, Bulent (September 2001). "Transformation of the Iranian political system: Towards a new model?" (PDF). Middle East Review of International Affairs. 5 (3).
- ^ "In the Gap between the Two Wings", Hamshahri (in Persian), no. 3005, p. Politics, 15 March 2003, retrieved 1 June 2017
- ^ Ali Afshari (8 April 2014), "Internal rivalries hinder Rouhani's reform efforts", Al-Monitor, retrieved 11 December 2016
- ^ "Moderation and Development Party backs Rowhani for president", Mehr News Agency, 14 September 2008, retrieved 24 November 2016
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