Moderation and Development Party

Moderation and Development Party حزب اعتدال و توسعه

Leader	Hassan Rouhani
Secretary-General	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht^[1]
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Pragmatism Islamic democracy Moderation
Political position	Centre^[2]
Alliance	Popular Coalition of Reforms (2008) List of Hope (2016)
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Moderation and Development Party (Persian: حزب اعتدال و توسعه‎‎ Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh), is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002.^[3] The party has been allied with Popular Coalition of Reforms^[2] and Pervasive Coalition of Reformists^[4] in parliamentary elections.

The party has had good relations with both Mohammad Khatami’s reform program and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.^[1]

The current President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, has been a member of the party since its inception in 1999.

References

1 2 Khani, Mohamamd Hassan (17 July 2012). "Political Parties in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Iran Review. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
1 2 "Q&A;: Iran parliamentary election". BBC World. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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↑ "فهرست انتخاباتی ائتلاف حزب اعتدال و توسعه، اصلاح‌طلبان و همراهان دولت در تهران". Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

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Principlists	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran United Front of Principlists Principlists Pervasive Coalition Principlists Grand Coalition The Two Societies Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Society of Engineers Zeynab Society Front of Transformationalist Principlists Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party Ansar-e Hezbollah Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Resistance Front of Islamic Iran Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers People's Voice Insight and Islamic Awakening Front Monotheism and Justice Front Supporters of Justice Discourse of Islamic Revolution YEKTA Front

Reformists	Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front Association of Combatant Clerics Executives of Construction Party Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers Islamic Association of Teachers Association of Followers of the Imam's Line Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Islamic Iran Participation Front Islamic Iran Solidarity Party Democracy Party Will of the Iranian Nation Party Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic Islamic Assembly of Ladies Office for Strengthening Unity Islamic Labour Party Worker House Coalition For Iran Reformists Front Moderation and Development Party National Trust Party The Green Path of Hope NEDA Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party Pervasive Coalition of Reformists

Anti-establishment	National Front Freedom Movement Movement of Militant Muslims Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists

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Anti-establishment	Aryan League People's Mujahedin Communist Party Constitutionalist Party Marz-e Por Gohar Party of the Iranian Nation Pan-Iranist Party Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian Kurdistan Democratic Party Komalah Organization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar) Tudeh Party Labour Party Green Party

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