Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party

Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party
حزب چکاد آزاداندیشان
General Secretary Mohammad Sadegh Mahdavi[1]
Spokesperson Kamran Daneshjoo[1]
Spiritual leader Abdollah Jassbi[2]
Founded January 14, 2000 (2000-01-14)[1]
Newspaper Afarinesh
Ideology
Political position Centre Right[1]
National affiliation Principlists[4]
International affiliation None
Slogan Freedom, Justice, Security, and Development[5]

Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party or Summit of Freethinkers[5] or Freethinkers Front[6] (Persian: حزب چکاد آزاداندیشان‎‎, Chekad-e Azadandishan)[6] is an Iranian principalist political party founded in 2000, mostly by Islamic Azad University academics.[2] They competed in the Iranian legislative election, 2000 and were able to gain some success.[6] In 2001 and 2005 presidential elections, they supported Abdollah Jassbi and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani respectively. In 2009 presidential election, the party did not support any candidates, but invited people to vote. They also have endrosed The two Societies' electoral list for the Assembly of Experts elections in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Freethinkers Pinnacle Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "همایش چکاد آزاداندیشان" (in Persian). Hamvatan. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Iran Report: May 14, 2001" (in Persian). Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. May 14, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ "چكاد آزاد انديشان از ليست جامعتين حمايت مي‌كند" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 8509110207. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 Ali Asghar Kimiai (February 14, 2000). "Mottos, the society's pulse, and a question". Payvand. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 David Seddon (February 14, 2000). "A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East" (PDF). Europa Publications. p. 132. ISBN 0-203-40992-2. Retrieved September 17, 2015.


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