The Islamic Coalition Party (also Islamic Motalefeh Party, Motalefe Eslami, Unified Islamic Associations, or Motalefeh) is a conservative Islamist political party in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. It was founded in 1963 at the suggestion of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

 as a "political and military wing of the bazaar", based on the Shi'a religious structure and is said to have "played a vital role in the success" of the 1979 Iranian Revolution

Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

. It was founded by three groups "who were in touch with Khomeini and the people." Khomeini appealed to them saying: "`You are working for the sake of God, why don’t you join hands?`" Following the revolution it is said to have dominated "the influential" Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines

Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines

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 (ICCIM) until recently.

Before the 1979 Revolution

The party was formed with the names of Islamic Motalefeh Hyathay population, Motalefeh Hyathay Islamic Party, and Islamic Motalefehon the Persian date of 15 Khordad, 1342. Motalefeh Islamic principles of the struggle against political oppression were central to the formation of the party. The Imam Khomeini and the exiled branch of the military began the revolution with the assassination of Hasan Ali Mansur (Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 of the Shah), the most important armed activity in their record. After the initial arrest of the party leaders, Bahonar Rajaee took over the Motalefeh and continued to work on cultural, economic, and political campaigns to welcome the Imam.

After the 1979 Revolution

The organization was part of the Islamic Revolution, and some of its members founded the Council of Islamic Revolution. With the formation of the Islamic Republic Party, the organization merged with the Islamic Republic Party. In January of Persian year 1382, the party was renamed the Motalefeh Islamic Party at its seventh general assembly.

Important figures of the Motalefeh party include: Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti and Morteza Motahhari

Morteza Motahhari

Ayatollah Murtaza Motahhari was an Iranian scholar, cleric, lecturer, and politician.Motahhari is considered among the important influences on the ideologies of the Islamic Republic, and was a co-founder of Hosseiniye Ershad and the Combatant Clergy Association...

 (representatives Imam), Rajai, Bahonar

Bahonar

Bahonar may refer to either of two Iranian politicians, who are brothers:* Mohammad Javad Bahonar, the Prime Minister of Iran assassinated in 1981* Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the current Deputy Speaker of Majlis of IranBahonar is also an Iranian placename....

, Iraqi Mahdi, Haj Mehdi Bahadur Vlajvrdy, Andrzgv, Tit

Tit

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, Amani

Amani

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, Sfarhrndy,, Islami, and Ahmad Shahab. Among the existing political figures are Sgravlady Habib, Asad Allah Badamchyan, Mohammad Nabi Habibi, Tavakoli Bina, K. Anbarlvyy, Hossein Anvari, Fatemeh Rahbar and H. Saburi.

External links

• Motalefeh, citizendium
• Islamic Motalefeh web site