Development and Justice Party | |
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Secretary-General | Mehdi Vakilpour |
Deputy General Secretary | Hossein Dadkhah |
Head of Council | Abdolhossein Rouhalamini |
Founded | December 2007[1] |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Religion | Islam |
National affiliation | Resistance Front of Islamic Iran |
Development and Justice Party of Islamic Iran[1] or Islamic Iran Development and Justice Party[2] (Persian: حزب توسعه و عدالت ایران اسلامی) is a conservative[3] It is a right-wing political party in Iran, with a claimed goal of "increasing public participation in politics".[2]
Mohsen Rezai is the man behind the party, which consists mainly of Revolutionary Guard commanders who served in the Iran-Iraq War.[1] His brother Omidvar Rezai is said to have a leading role in the party.[3] Other senior members include Abdolhossein Rouhalamini[4] and Reza Talaei-Nik (both former Secretaries-General), Kamal Daneshyar and Amir-Ali Amiri.[2] The party backed Mohsen Rezai for president in 2009[3] and 2013.