Political parties in Iran


This article lists political parties in Iran.

Parties active inside Iran

Principlists

;Main active parties
PartySecretary-General
Combatant Clergy AssociationMohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani
Society of Seminary Teachers of QomMohammad Yazdi
Islamic Coalition PartyMohammad-Nabi Habibi
Society of Devotees of the Islamic RevolutionMohammad Javad Ameri
Front of Islamic Revolution StabilityMorteza Agha-Tehrani
YEKTA FrontHamid-Reza Haji Babaee

;Other parties
PartySecretary-General
Islamic Society of EngineersMohammad-Reza Bahonar
Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic RevolutionParviz Sarvari
Islamic Association of PhysiciansShahabedin Sadr
Islamic Society of EmployeesKamal Sajjadi
Islamic Society of AthletesHassan Ghafourifard
Zeynab SocietyAzam Haji-Abbasi
Association of Islamic Revolution LoyalistsHassan Ghafourifard
Fadayeen of Islam SocietyMohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei
Development and Justice PartyAbdolhossein Ruholamini
Green PartyHossein Kanani Moghaddam
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic IranHossein Ghorbanzadeh
Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic IranAmir Mohebbian
Islamic Iran Freedom PartyIssa Kakoui

Reformists

;Main active parties
PartySecretary-General
Association of Combatant ClericsMohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Islamic Labour PartyHossein Kamali
Executives of Construction PartyGholamhossein Karbaschi
National Trust PartyMehdi Karroubi
Union of Islamic Iran People PartyAli Shakouri-Rad
NEDA PartySadegh Kharazi
Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice OrganizationMehdi Moghaddari
Moderation and Development PartyMohammad Bagher Nobakht

;Other parties
PartySecretary-General
Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and ResearchersHossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Islamic Association of TeachersAbdolrazzagh Mousavi
Islamic Association of EngineersAli-Mohammad Gharbiani
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical SocietyMohammadreza Zafarghandi
Islamic Association of University InstructorsMahmoud Sadeghi
Association of Followers of the Imam's LineHadi Khamenei
Islamic Iran Solidarity PartyAli-Asghar Ahmadi
Democracy PartyMostafa Kavakebian
Will of the Iranian Nation PartyAhmad Hakimipour
Association of the Women of the Islamic RepublicZahra Mostafavi Khomeini
Islamic Assembly of LadiesFatemeh Karroubi
Worker HouseAlireza Mahjoub
Popular Party of ReformsMohammad Zare Foumani

;Banned parties
PartySecretary-General
Islamic Iran Participation FrontMohsen Mirdamadi
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran OrganizationMohammad Salamati
The Green Path of HopeNone

Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran

PartyIdeologyReligionSecretary-General
National FrontNationalismSecularVacant
Pan-Iranist PartyPan-IranismSecularZahra Gholamipour
Nation PartyPan-IranismSecularKhosrow Seif
Movement of Militant MuslimsSocialismIslamicHabibollah Payman
Council of Nationalist-Religious ActivistsNationalismIslamicNone
Freedom Movement of IranNationalismIslamicMohammad Tavasoli
Azure Party NazismIslamicDefunct since 1953
SUMKAPan-IranismSecularDavud Monshizadeh

Opposition parties active in exile

Republicans

Monarchists

All monarchist organizations are secular and claim restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:
PartyLeaderBase
Kingdom Assembly of Iran Frood Fouladvand
Constitutionalist Party of Iran – Liberal DemocratFoad Pashaie
National Council of IranReza Pahlavi

Ethnic/Secessionist

Leftists

Others