Nationalist-Religious Forces
Encyclopedia
The Nationalist-Religious Coalition of Iran is an Iran
ian political opposition party, which represents a number of smaller parties, political activists, writers and intellectual figures.
, Ebrahim Yazdi
, Habibollah Peyman
, Yousefi Eshkevari
, Mohammad Tavasoli
and also Reza Alijani, Ahmad Zeydabadi, Taghi Rahmani, Alireza Rajaee etc. Moreover, a number of important modern Iranian figures had been generally associated with the historical body of the alliance. Among them Ali Shariati
, Mehdi Bazargan
, Mahmoud Taleghani
and Mohammad Nakhshab can be mentioned. The three organizations chiefly involved in its establishment in 2000 were the Freedom Movement of Iran
(FMI, formed in 1961), the Revolutionary Movement of the People of Iran (Jonbesh-e Azadibakhsh-e Mardom-e Iran or JAMA, formed in 1963), and the Militant Muslim Movement (Jonbesh-e Mosalmanan-e Mardom or MMM, formed in 1976).
’s ideas about reformation in Islamic thought is, more or less, supported by all the branches of the alliance. Also, Mohammed Mosaddeq's Nationalism, which strongly considers the religious faith, is shared between the alliance's groups and people. Both leftist and rightist ideas and groups, are therefore gathered in the alliance over the centre of Nationalism
and Islamic Reformation.
Ezzatollah Sahabi
, was president of the Alliance of the Nationalists-Religious Activists, that Iranian media and this is presumably by an internal agreement within the alliance itself. He was leader of Alliance until his death on 31 May 2011. On 11 June 2011, Mohammad Tavasoli
elected as new leader.
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...
ian political opposition party, which represents a number of smaller parties, political activists, writers and intellectual figures.
Formation
The alliance includes notable influential people like Ezzatollah SahabiEzzatollah Sahabi
Ezzatollah Sahabi was an Iranian scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former parliament member. He was famous for his political-economical social analysis, and also for the many years of imprisonment in both the pre-revolution and post-revolution eras...
, Ebrahim Yazdi
Ebrahim Yazdi
Ebrahim Yazdi is an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until his resignation in November 1979, in protest to the Iran hostage crisis...
, Habibollah Peyman
Habibollah Peyman
Dr. Habibollah Peyman is an Iranian politician. He is the founder and the leader of an Islamist Socialist political party, named Jonbesh Moslamanan Mobarez, which is banned by the religious government of Iran. He is also one of the leaders of the influential Iranian opposition political alliance,...
, Yousefi Eshkevari
Yousefi Eshkevari
Hojjatoleslam Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari is an Iranian cleric, researcher, journalist, reformist and former political prisoner. He has been described as "an active supporter of the revolution" who became "an outspoken and influential critic of the current Iranian version of theocracy." In 2002 he...
, Mohammad Tavasoli
Mohammad Tavasoli
Mohammad Tavasoli is an Iranian democracy activist and politician. He became the leader of the Nationalist-Religious Coalition on 11 June 2011. He is also the director of the political officer of the Freedom Movement.-Early life:...
and also Reza Alijani, Ahmad Zeydabadi, Taghi Rahmani, Alireza Rajaee etc. Moreover, a number of important modern Iranian figures had been generally associated with the historical body of the alliance. Among them Ali Shariati
Ali Shariati
Ali Shariati was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist, who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century and has been called the 'ideologue of the Iranian Revolution'.-Biography:Ali....
, Mehdi Bazargan
Mehdi Bazargan
Mehdi Bazargan was a prominent Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was the head of the first engineering department of Tehran University...
, Mahmoud Taleghani
Mahmoud Taleghani
Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani was an Iranian theologian, humanist, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi'a cleric of Iran. Taleghani was a contemporary of the Iranian Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a leader in his own right of Iran's Shi'a resistance movement...
and Mohammad Nakhshab can be mentioned. The three organizations chiefly involved in its establishment in 2000 were the Freedom Movement of Iran
Freedom Movement of Iran
The Freedom Movement of Iran is an Iranian political organization which was founded in 1961 by Mehdi Bazargan, Mahmoud Taleghani, Yadollah Sahabi, Mostafa Chamran, Ali Shariati, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh and some other political or religious figures...
(FMI, formed in 1961), the Revolutionary Movement of the People of Iran (Jonbesh-e Azadibakhsh-e Mardom-e Iran or JAMA, formed in 1963), and the Militant Muslim Movement (Jonbesh-e Mosalmanan-e Mardom or MMM, formed in 1976).
Orientation
The political and philosophical theoretical groundings of the alliance vary among the different parties and figures associated with it. Ali ShariatiAli Shariati
Ali Shariati was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist, who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century and has been called the 'ideologue of the Iranian Revolution'.-Biography:Ali....
’s ideas about reformation in Islamic thought is, more or less, supported by all the branches of the alliance. Also, Mohammed Mosaddeq's Nationalism, which strongly considers the religious faith, is shared between the alliance's groups and people. Both leftist and rightist ideas and groups, are therefore gathered in the alliance over the centre of Nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
and Islamic Reformation.
Organization
Official and public activities of the alliance have faced many difficulties by limiting policies of the Iran’s governments. The alliance does not have any official political body as of the modern parties. It does not have any membership procedure, official spokesman, formal central office, official meetings etc. About fifty members of the alliance were jailed in 2000 for nearly two years after an unofficial, periodical and normal meeting at a private house of one of the members.Ezzatollah Sahabi
Ezzatollah Sahabi
Ezzatollah Sahabi was an Iranian scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former parliament member. He was famous for his political-economical social analysis, and also for the many years of imprisonment in both the pre-revolution and post-revolution eras...
, was president of the Alliance of the Nationalists-Religious Activists, that Iranian media and this is presumably by an internal agreement within the alliance itself. He was leader of Alliance until his death on 31 May 2011. On 11 June 2011, Mohammad Tavasoli
Mohammad Tavasoli
Mohammad Tavasoli is an Iranian democracy activist and politician. He became the leader of the Nationalist-Religious Coalition on 11 June 2011. He is also the director of the political officer of the Freedom Movement.-Early life:...
elected as new leader.
Leaders
- Ezatollah Sahabi (2003-2011)
- Alireza Rajaee (2011)
- Mohammad TavasoliMohammad TavasoliMohammad Tavasoli is an Iranian democracy activist and politician. He became the leader of the Nationalist-Religious Coalition on 11 June 2011. He is also the director of the political officer of the Freedom Movement.-Early life:...
(2011-)
Sources
- Unofficial website, associated with the alliance
- Official website of Nehzat-e Azadi-e Iran (Liberation Movement of Iran, one of the most important parties of the alliance)