Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution

Political party in Iran

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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, romanized: Jam'iyyat-e Rahpuyān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008.

Members

Alireza Zakani is General Secretary of the party. The group was formed a fraction inside Iranian Parliament, and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli.^[2] Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council.^[1]

Party leaders

Secretary-Generals
Name	Tenure	Ref
Alireza Zakani	2008–2016
Parviz Sorouri	2016–2018
Mohammad Dehghan	2018–2019
Behzad Zare	2019–2020
Malek Shariati	2020–2021

Deputy Secretary-Generals
Name	Tenure	Ref
Parviz Sorouri	2008–2016
Behzad Zare	2016–2018
Zohreh Elahian	2018–

Political stance

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online. 20 November 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
^ Amini, Tina. "Opinion - New Parliament Set for Faceoff with Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.