Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran

Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
جمعیت پیشرفت و عدالت ایران اسلامی
General SecretaryMohammad Saeed Ahadian
Spiritual leaderMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf[1]
DeputyReza Shiran
FounderMorteza Talaie[2]
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)[3]
Split fromPrinciplists Pervasive Coalition
HeadquartersTehran
NewspaperUnofficial:[3]
Hamshahri (2010s)
Tehran Emrooz
Sobheno
IdeologyConservatism
Parliament
50 / 290 (17%)
City Council of Tehran
0 / 21 (0%)
Website
pishraftoedalat.com

Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran (Persian: جمعیت پیشرفت و عدالت ایران اسلامی, romanized: Jam'iyyat-e Pišraft-o 'Adālat-e Irân-e Eslâmi) is an Iranian principlist political party closely associated with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. It was established in 2008; Morteza Talaie was formerly the general secretary,[3] and many members hold senior positions in Tehran municipality.[2]

The group launched and operated Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's campaign in the 2013 Iranian presidential election.[3] 15 out of the 31 members of the City Council of Tehran between 2013 and 2017 were endorsed by the party.[4]

Party leaders

Secretaries-General
Name Tenure Ref
Morteza Talaie 2008–2015
Hossein Ghorbanzadeh 2015–2018
Mohsen Pirhadi 2018–2020
Mohammad Saeed Ahadian 2020–present

References

  1. ^ "Will Hassan Rouhani get a second term?", The Daily Star, 16 May 2017, retrieved 1 June 2017
  2. ^ a b "لیست ائتلاف پیشرفت و عدالت ایران اسلامی اعلام شد". Iranian Labour News Agency (in Persian). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "دبیرکل جمعیت پیشرفت و عدالت ایران: نمی‌توان گفت قالیباف از رقابت سر باز خواهد زد". Fars News Agency (in Persian). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ^ "لیست ائتلاف پیشرفت و عدالت ایران اسلامی اعلام شد". Fars News Agency (in Persian). 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


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