Association of Combatant Clerics
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The Association of Combatant Clerics (Persian: مجمع روحانیون مبارز; majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez), also translated as the Assembly of Combatant Clerics, is a pro-reform Iranian political party, established March 16, 1988. It is not to be confused with the Combatant Clergy Association (Persian: جامعه روحانیت مبارز) which is a conservative political party.

History

Tensions within Iran's Islamic Republic Party led to its dissolution in 1987. The Combatant Clerics League was part of the left-wing view favoring a focus "on exporting the revolution and calling for the state's monopoly over the economy."^[1]

After the resignation of Mehdi Karroubi from the post of secretary general, the party had no secretary general until late August 2005, when Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha was elected as the new secretary general. The other high official in the party is Mohammad Khatami, the Chairman of the Central Council and former President of Iran.

Current leading members

Its current leading members include Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (former presecutor general of Iran), Rasoul Montajebnia (former Majlis representative), and Mohammad Ali Abtahi (former Vice President of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs).

As of August 2005, some members of the party's central council are:

• Mohammad Ali Abtahi
• Majead Ansari
• Mohammad Ali Ansari
• Ashtiani
• Bojnourdi
• Dorchei
• Kian Ersi
• Mohammad Hashemi
• Emam Jamarani
• Hadi Khamenei
• Mohammad Khatami
• Khosravi
• Moghaddam
• Rasoul Montajebnia
• Mousavi-Khoini
• Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari
• Nezamzadeh
• Nourmofidi
• Rahmani
• Razavi
• Sadoughi
• Seraj
• Shakouri
• Tavassoli
• Velaee
• Zakeri

Notes

1. ^ Mneisi, Ahmad. ""The power shift within Iran's right wing."". Retrieved on 2006-04-19. At the Al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies.

See also

• Clericalism in Iran

Source and external links

• Mr Khatami, the Chairman of the Central Council of Militant Clerics Society, from Mohammad Ali Abtahi's weblog (in Persian)
• Mousavi Khoiniha became the secretary general of the Militant Clerics Society, from BBC Persian
• First meeting notes of Militant Clerics Society, from Mohammad Ali Abtahi's Persian weblog

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