Green Party of Iran explained

Green Party of Iran
Native Name:حزب سبزهای ایران
Native Name+Lang:fa
Colorcode:
  1. 00A693
Leader:Kazem Moussavi
Ideology:Green politics
Liberal democracy[1]
Headquarters:Germany
Country:Iran

The Green Party of Iran (GPI; Persian: حزب سبزهای ایران|Hezb-e Sabzhā-ye Irān) is a Green political party dissident to Iran's Islamic Republic government.

A banned party without any physical presence in Iran, it has a radical stance towards Iranian Department of Environment and considers it a "façade of environmental concern for the benefit of international observers", arguing that it "covers up environmental disasters of the state". It is an exception to the Iranian environmentalist movement, in which most of organizations and NGOs are tolerated, and sometimes encouraged by the government.

The party was founded in California, U.S. as a "professional Iranian expatriate opposition" and was reportedly based in Canada as of 1999. As of 2014, it is based in Germany.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tamadonfar, Mehran. 2015. Islamic Law and Governance in Contemporary Iran: Transcending Islam for Social, Economic, and Political Order. 978-1-4985-0757-8. Lexington Books. 158.