Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution | |
Native Name: | جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Colorcode: | black |
General Secretary: | Malek Shariati |
Founder: | Alireza Zakani[1] |
Split: | Front of Transformationalist Principlists |
National: | Principlists |
Country: | Iran |
The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution or Society for the Adherents of the Path of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی|Jam'iyyat-e Rahpuyān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008.
Alireza Zakani is general secretary of the party. The group was formed as a fraction inside Iranian Parliament and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli.[2] Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council.[1]
+ Secretaries general | Name | Tenure | Ref |
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Alireza Zakani | 2008–2016 | ||
Parviz Sorouri | 2016–2018 | ||
Mohammad Dehghan | 2018–2019 | ||
Behzad Zare | 2019–2020 | ||
Malek Shariati | 2020–2021 |
+ Deputy secretaries general | Name | Tenure | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Parviz Sorouri | 2008–2016 | ||
Behzad Zare | 2016–2018 | ||
Zohreh Elahian | 2018–2024 |
They are part of Front of Transformationalist Principlists, alongside Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution.[1] The Pathseekers were supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2011.[1] The Pathseekers have differences with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability; however, they formed an alliance against Ali Larijani's fraction in the Parliament.[3]