Islamic Iran Solidarity Party

Islamic Iran Solidarity Party (Persian: حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی; Hezb-e Hambastegi-e Iran-e Eslami) is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 1998, by 10 members of Parliament of Iran. The party is a member of Council for coordinating the Reforms Front and publishes newspaper Hambastegi. Ali Asghar Ahmadi is the General Secretary, an office previously held by Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Mohamadreza Raahchamani. They have supported Mohammad Khatami in 2001 election, Mehdi Karoubi in 2005 and Mir-Hossein Mousavi in 2009.

Islamic Iran Solidarity Party
حزب همبستگی ایران اسلامی
General SecretaryAli Asghar Ahmadi
Deputy General SecretaryMohammad Salari
Deputy of Supreme CouncilAbbas Mirza Aboutalebi
Founder
Founding board
FoundedJanuary 17, 1998 (1998-01-17)
LegalisedJuly 11, 1998 (1998-07-11)
Split fromExecutives of Construction Party
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
NewspaperHambastegi
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left
ReligionIslam
National affiliationCouncil for coordinating the Reforms Front
Tehran City Council
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The party had some 50 seats in the Iranian Parliament during 2000–2004 and its fraction was headed by Qorban-Ali Qandahari.

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