Hezbollah Assembly Explained

Hezbollah Assembly
Chamber:Iranian Parliament
Legislature:5th
Foundation:June 1996
Dissolution:2000
Parties:Association of Combatant Clerics
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization
Executives of Construction Party
Worker House
Ideology:Reformism

The Hezbollah Assembly or Assembly of Hezbollah (Persian: مجمع حزب‌الله|Majma'-e Hezbollah|lit=Parliamentary Union of the Party of God) was a parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.

It has been described as "a moderate grouping of legislative members positioned in the counterpoint of Hezbollah [fraction]" and a "parliamentary alliance" between the modernist right and the Islamic left.

Its leader was Abdollah Nouri, who was later succeeded by Majid Ansari.

Political position

It was founded in 1996 mainly by the candidates included in the electoral list of the right-wing Executives of Construction, which according to Banks et al., is believed to have won 90 to 100 seats. Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization was another major group in the parliamentary group with some 30 seats, according to Wilfried Buchta. Members of the Worker House were also in the parliamentary group.

The group was supportive of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani[1] and endorsed Mohammad Khatami in his successful bid for 1997 Iranian presidential election, before declaring their support for candidacy of Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Notes and References

  1. Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Group known as Anssar-e Hizbollah (Ansar/Anzar e Hezbollah), 18 September 2000, IRN34994.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be430.html [accessed 24 December 2019]