Pervasive Coalition of Reformists explained

Pervasive Coalition of Reformists
Native Name:ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان
Native Name Lang:fa
Colorcode:
  1. 3cb8c2
Chairman:Ali Soufi
Spokesperson:Mahmoud Mirlohi
Leader1 Title:Head of Policymaking Council
Leader1 Name:Mohammad Reza Aref
Slogan:"Hope and Serenity, Economic Bloom"
Wing1 Title:Fraction
Wing1:Hope
Legalized:-->
National:Iranian Reformists
Colours: Persian Blue
Country:Iran

Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step (Persian: ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope (Persian: لیست امید) by Mohammad Khatami, was the sole coalition and electoral list affiliated with the Iranian reform movement for the 2016 legislative election. The group also endorsed candidates for the 2016 Assembly of Experts election. Reformists backed a list of 236 candidates for the Parliament and 77 for the Assembly of Experts, even though many of them are not reformists but moderate-leaning figures.[1]

The coalition includes Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front member groups, National Trust Party (close to Mehdi Karroubi), newly established Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party (close to Hassan Rouhani) and the principlist Followers of Velayat faction led by Ali Larijani.

Allied groups

Endorsing non-members

Electoral performance

YearBodySeatsRef
2016Parliament[4]
Assembly of Experts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election day arrives in Iran with reformists well organised to seek gains. . 26 February 2016.
  2. Web site: "نهضت آزادی" خواستار رای به لیست اصلاح‌طلبان شد. 21 February 2016. Mashregh News. 21 February 2016. Persian.
  3. Web site: محمد بسته‌نگار روی تخت بیمارستان از اصلاح‌طلبان حمایت کرد. 21 February 2016. Iranian Labour News Agency. 21 February 2016. Persian.
  4. Book: Ehteshami, Anoushiravan. Iran: Stuck in Transition. Politics of the Islamic Republic. 2017. Taylor & Francis. The Contemporary Middle East. 101–102. 978-1-351-98545-1.