Islamic Republican Party

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The Islamic Republican Party was a dominant political organization in post-revolutionary Iran that helped consolidate clerical power and shape the country’s early Islamic Republic governance.

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instanceOf Islamist political party
political party
activeDuring Iranian Revolution
early years of the Islamic Republic of Iran
alignedWith clerical establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran
controlled key ministries in early Islamic Republic
parliament of Iran (Majles) in early 1980s
country Iran
dateFounded 1979-03-18
dissolved 1987
electoralSuccess won majority of seats in first post-revolutionary parliamentary elections
foundedBy Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Khamenei
Mohammad Beheshti
Mohammad Javad Bahonar
Ruhollah Khomeini
foundedIn Tehran
hadLeadingMember Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Ali Khamenei
Mohammad Beheshti
Mohammad Javad Bahonar
headquartersLocation Tehran
helpedConsolidate clerical power in post-revolutionary Iran
helpedShape early governance structures of the Islamic Republic of Iran
ideology Islamic theocracy
Islamism
Shia Islamism
clericalism
influenced drafting of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
language Persian
notableEvent loss of senior leaders in 1981 bombings in Tehran
opposed leftist and Marxist organizations in Iran
liberal nationalist groups in Iran
secular political parties in Iran
politicalPosition right-wing
promoted velayat-e faqih
reasonForDissolution factional rivalries
internal conflicts
religion Shia Islam
roleInGovernment dominant ruling party in early Islamic Republic
supportedLeader Ruhollah Khomeini
supportedSystem Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Iran
targetOf political violence in early 1980s Iran

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Cultural Revolution in Iran organizer Islamic Republican Party
Mehdi Bazargan opposedBy Islamic Republican Party
Abolhassan Banisadr opponent Islamic Republican Party
Mir-Hossein Mousavi memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Mohammad Beheshti memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Ali Khamenei memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Iranian student militants alignedWith Islamic Republican Party
Mir-Hossein Mousavi memberOf Islamic Republican Party
subject linked to: Mir-Hossein
Shahid Beheshti memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar memberOfPoliticalParty Islamic Republican Party
Mohammad-Ali Rajai memberOf Islamic Republican Party
Secretary-General of the Islamic Republican Party powerBase Islamic Republican Party central leadership
linked to: Islamic Republican Party
Hafte Tir bombing target Islamic Republican Party leadership
linked to: Islamic Republican Party
Hafte Tir bombing victim Islamic Republican Party cadres
linked to: Islamic Republican Party