Chairman Ali Soufi Head of Policymaking Council Mohammad Reza Aref | Spokesperson Mahmoud Mirlohi Fraction Hope | |
Vice-President of Policymaking Council Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari
Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi National affiliation Iranian reform movement | ||
Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step (Persian: ائتلاف فراگير اصلاحطلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope (Persian: لیست امید) by Mohammad Khatami, is the sole coalition and electoral list affiliated with the Iranian reform movement for the Iranian legislative election, 2016. The group also endorsed candidates for the Assembly of Experts election, 2016. Reformists backed a list of 236 candidates for the Parliament and 77 for the Assembly of Experts, even though many of them are not reformists but moderate-leaning figures.
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The coalition includes Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front member groups, National Trust Party –close to Mehdi Karroubi–, newly established Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party –close to Hassan Rouhani– and the principlist Followers of Walayat fraction led by Ali Larijani.