Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces

Summary

Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces (SHANA) (Persian: شورای ائتلاف نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی) is a conservative coalition of parties that endorsed a joint electoral list for 2020 Iranian legislative election.

Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces
شورای ائتلاف نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی
AbbreviationCoalition Council
SHANA
LeaderGholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
SecretaryParviz Sorouri
SpokespersonMohsen Pirhadi
Founded12 November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-12)
Split fromPopular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces
IdeologyIslamism
Political Islam
Theocracy
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionShia Islam
Party flag
Website
www.shananews.com

Reuters described the coalition as the "biggest hardline group" in the elections and "expected to dominate" the parliament.[1]

The list includes Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on top of its list,[2] and other candidates include former members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij, as well as other figures loyal to Ali Khamenei.[1] The coalition failed to form an electoral pact with the far-right Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hafezi, Parisa (17 February 2020), Maclean, William (ed.), "Factbox: Choices curtailed - Iran's parliamentary election", Reuters, retrieved 17 February 2020
  2. ^ "Iran kicks off parliamentary election campaign", Al-Monitor, 13 February 2020, retrieved 14 February 2020
  3. ^ Turani, Behrouz (13 February 2020), "Start of Iran's Election Campaign Marked By Public Indifference, Disunity Among Conservatives", RFE/RL, retrieved 14 February 2020
Preceded by Parliamentary coalition of Conservatives
2020
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