Hezbollah Assembly

The Hezbollah Assembly or Assembly of Hezbollah (Persian: مجمع حزب‌الله, romanized: Majma'-e Hezbollah, lit.'Parliamentary Union of the Party of God') was a parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.

Hezbollah Assembly
ChamberIranian Parliament
Legislature(s)5th
FoundationJune 1996
Dissolution2000
Member partiesAssociation of Combatant Clerics
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization
Executives of Construction Party
Worker House
PresidentAbdollah Nouri (1996–1997)
Majid Ansari (1997–2000)
IdeologyReformism

It has been described as "a moderate grouping of legislative members positioned in the counterpoint of Hezbollah [fraction]" and a "parliamentary alliance" between the modernist right and the Islamic left.

Its leader was Abdollah Nouri, who was later succeeded by Majid Ansari.

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