Secretary-General Mostafa Kavakebian | Headquarters Tehran, Iran | |
Spokesperson Mirzababa Motaharinejad Founded June 8, 2001 (2001-06-08) Legalised November 1, 1999 (1999-11-01) as Party of Defenders of 2nd of Khordad's Message Split from Islamic Iran Solidarity Party | ||
The Democracy Party of Iran (Persian: حزب مردمسالاری) is an Iranian reformist political party that split from the Islamic Iran Solidarity Party in 2000.
The party was founded by its current Secretary-General Mostafa Kavakebian and publishes Mardomsalari newspaper.
The party has been a member of Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front, as well as Reformists Front. In 2008, they formed 'Popular Coalition of Reforms' and were allied with National Trust Party. In 2012 elections, they were allied with Worker House.
References
Democracy Party (Iran) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA