| Native Name: | حزب اعتدال و توسعه |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
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| Moderation and Development Party | |
| Leader: | Hassan Rouhani |
| Spokesperson: | Ramezan-Ali Sobhanifar[1] |
| Secretary General: | Mohammad Bagher Nobakht[2] |
| Leader1 Title: | Executive Secretary |
| Leader1 Name: | Morteza Bank |
| Leader2 Title: | Politburo Head |
| Leader2 Name: | Mahmoud Vaezi |
| Leader3 Title: | Election Head |
| Leader3 Name: | Ali Jannati |
| Headquarters: | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology: | Moderation Pragmatism Islamic democracy Technocracy |
| Position: | Centre[3] |
| Affiliation1 Title: | Alliance |
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| Country: | Iran |
Moderation and Development Party (Persian: حزب اعتدال و توسعه|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.[4]
The party is part of the faction called "modernist right", "moderate reformists" and "technocrats" that draws from upper-level bureaucrats, industrialists and managers.[5] 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.[6] The party has been allied with Popular Coalition of Reforms[7] and Pervasive Coalition of Reformists[8] in parliamentary elections and has had good relations with both Mohammad Khatami’s reform program and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.[2] 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[9] [10] or reformists under the leadership of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.[11] 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.
| Year | Candidate | |
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| 2001 | Mohammad Khatami | |
| 2005 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | |
| 2009 | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | |
| 2013 | Hassan Rouhani | |
| 2017 | Hassan Rouhani |