The Two Societies (Persian: جامعتین, Jāme'atein)[1] is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential[2] Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.[1]
The Two Societies جامعتین | |
|---|---|
| Leader of SST | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri |
| Leader of CCA | Ali Movahedi-Kermani |
| Ideology | Political Islam Islamic Principlism Ja'fari jurisprudence Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists Khomeinism |
| Political position | Right wing |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists |
| Assembly of Experts | 69 / 86
|
| Guardian Council jurisprudences | 6 / 6
|
| Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams | 5 / 5
|
The Two Societies declared a shared electoral list for 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election and won 69 seats out of 86. In 2016 elections, the two societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists, eventually winning 64≈66 seats out of 88.[3]
They also dominate Guardian Council.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Enis Erdem Aydin, 'A Separation? The Principalist Divide and the Parliamentary Elections in Iran' Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Istanbul: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, February 2012.
- ^ a b SHAUL, BAKHASH (12 September 2011). "Iran's Conservatives: The Headstrong New Bloc". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ "تاثیر حمایت جامعه مدرسین در رای آوری نامزدهای خبرگان/کدام اعضای کنونی نامزد جامعه مدرسین نبودند؟". Khabaronline (in Persian). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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