Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader

Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader
Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader
President	Mohammad-Reza Bahonar
Spokesperson	Kamal Sajjadi
First VP	Asadollah Badamchian
Second VP	Hassan Ghafourifard
Founder	Habibollah Asgaroladi
Student wing	Islamic Society of Students
Women's wing	Zeynab Society
Political position	Right wing
Religion	Shia Islam
Alliance	Alliance of Builders (2004); United Front of Principlists (2008, 2012); Principlists Grand Coalition (2016);
Parliament	68 / 290
	Politics of Iran; Political parties; Elections;

Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader (Persian: جبهه پیروان خط امام (ره) و رهبری), formerly known as Islamic Aligned Organizations (Persian: تشکل‌های اسلامی همسو)^[3] is a Coalition of Iranian Principlist political groups. The group which consists of a wide range of traditional conservative parties, is active since administration of Mohammad Khatami, and is aligned with The Two Societies.^[4]

The coalition was the main conservative electoral list for the 2000 Iranian legislative election,^[5] but became part of United Front of Conservatives' list for the 2008 and 2012 legislative elections.^[4]

They endorsed 31 candidates for the City Council of Tehran in the 2013 Iranian local elections,^[6] only Abbas Sheybani was able to win a seat.

^ ^a ^b "جبهه پیروان امام (ره) و رهبری، ائتلاف اکثریت اصولگرایان" (in Persian). Parsine. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
^ "جبهه پیروان خط امام و رهبری لیست نامزدهای مورد حمایت خود در انتخابات مجلس را منتشر کرد", Khabaronline, 8 February 2016, retrieved 1 August 2016
^ Moslem, Mehdi (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 53, ISBN 9780815629788
^ ^a ^b "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
^ Elections held in 2000 IPU
^ "فهرست جبهه پیروان برای شورای شهر" (in Persian). Entekhab. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[Parsine-1] "جبهه پیروان امام (ره) و رهبری، ائتلاف اکثریت اصولگرایان" (in Persian). Parsine. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[2] "جبهه پیروان خط امام و رهبری لیست نامزدهای مورد حمایت خود در انتخابات مجلس را منتشر کرد", Khabaronline, 8 February 2016, retrieved 1 August 2016

[3] Moslem, Mehdi (2002), Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, Syracuse University Press, p. 53, ISBN 9780815629788

[BBC_Persian-4] "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[IPU2-5] Elections held in 2000 IPU

[6] "فهرست جبهه پیروان برای شورای شهر" (in Persian). Entekhab. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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