The Two Societies

The Two Societies جامعتین
Leader of SST	Mohammad Yazdii
Leader of CCA	Ali Movahedi-Kermani
Ideology	Political Islam Islamic Principlism Ja'fari jurisprudence Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Political position	Right wing
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	Principlists
International affiliation	None
Assembly of Experts	69 / 86
Guardian Council jurisprudences	6 / 6
Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams	5 / 5
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The Two Societies (Persian: جامعتین‎‎, Jāme'atein)^[1] is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential^[2] Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.^[1]

The Two Societies, declared a shared electoral list for Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006 and won 69 seats out of 86. In 2016 elections, the two societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists, eventually winning 64≈66 seats out of 88.^[3]

They also dominate Guardian Council.^[2]

References

1 2 Enis Erdem Aydin, 'A Separation? The Principalist Divide and the Parliamentary Elections in Iran', Istanbul: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, February 2012.
1 2 SHAUL, BAKHASH (12 September 2011). "Iran's Conservatives: The Headstrong New Bloc". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
↑ "تاثیر حمایت جامعه مدرسین در رای آوری نامزدهای خبرگان/کدام اعضای کنونی نامزد جامعه مدرسین نبودند؟". Khabaronline (in Persian). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

Political organizations of Iran (list)

Politics of Iran

Inside Iran

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

Exiled

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

Defunct parties

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