Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces
| native_name = جبهه مردمی نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی
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| chairperson = Mohammad Hassan Rahimian{{cite web|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/409460/Popular-Front-of-the-Islamic-Revolution-comes-into-existence|title=Popular Front of the Islamic Revolution comes into existence|date=26 December 2016|publisher=Tehran Times|accessdate=26 December 2016}}
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| spokesperson = Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi
| founders = {{list collapsed|title=List|
- Mohammad Hassan Rahimian
- Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi
- Mehdi Chamran
- Yahya Ale Eshaq
- Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee
- Reza Roosta Azad
- Mahmoud Khosravivafa
- Mehdi Mohammadi
- Alireza Marandi
- Nader Talebzadeh
}}
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| founded = {{start date and age|2016|12|25}}
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| religion = Shia Islam
| national = Principlists
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| country = Iran
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| colorcode = #170781
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The Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (PFIRF; {{langx|fa|جبهه مردمی نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی|Jebhe-ye Mardomi-ye Niruhā-ye Enqelāb-e Eslāmī}}) is a political organization in Iran, founded in late 2016 by ten figures from different spectrum of conservative factions.
The group has pledged to become the main rival for Hassan Rouhani in the 2017 presidential election, intending to introduce a single candidate from conservative camp as its umbrella organization.{{cite web|url=http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13951005001269|title=President Rouhani's Main Rival Group in Upcoming Election Declares Start of Activity|date=25 December 2016|publisher=Fars News Agency|accessdate=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222181501/http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13951005001269|archive-date=22 February 2017|url-status=dead}} The front nominated Ebrahim Raisi as their presidential candidate after withdrawal of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. However, Raisi lost the election to Rouhani and ranked second.
2017 conventions
= February =
It held its first convention on 23 February 2017, reportedly attended by 3,000 individuals from 25 parties, electing 30 members of its central council and voting for top 10 presidential prospects among its all-inclusive 21-man list. Ebrahim Raisi won the majority of votes{{citation|url=https://www.stratfor.com/situation-report/iran-possible-conservative-presidential-candidate-emerges|title=Iran: Possible Conservative Presidential Candidate Emerges|publisher=Stratfor|date=23 February 2017}} in a plurality-at-large voting with 10 choices for each voter, the results were:
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! # ! Candidate (Party) ! Votes ! % | ||
1
| Ebrahim Raisi {{small|(CCA)}} | 1,813 | 84.99 | ||
2
| Parviz Fattah {{small|(FIRS)}} | 1,661 | 77.87 | ||
3
| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf {{small|(PJPII)}} | 1,573 | 73.74 | ||
4
| Alireza Zakani {{small|(SPIR)}} | 1,552 | 72.76 | ||
5
| Hamid-Reza Hajibabaei {{small|(YEKTA)}} | 1,525 | 71.49 | ||
6
| 1,477 | 69.24 | ||
7
| Saeed Jalili {{small|(FIRS)}} | 1,338 | 62.72 | ||
8
| Mehrdad Bazrpash {{small|(FIRS)}} | 1,265 | 59.30 | ||
9
| Ali Nikzad {{small|(FIRS)}} | 1,135 | 53.21 | ||
10
| Rostam Ghasemi {{small|(YEKTA)}} | 1,133 | 53.11 | ||
11
| Mohsen Rezaei {{small|(RFII)}} | 967 | 45.33 | ||
12
| Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi {{small|(FIRS)}} | 620 | 29.06 | ||
13
| 439 | 0.58 | ||
14
| Mostafa Mirsalim {{small|(ICP)}} | 400 | 18.75 | ||
15
| Shahin Mohammad-Sadeghi | 344 | 16.12 | ||
16
| Mohammad-Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh | 341 | 15.98 | ||
17
| Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam {{small|(CCA)}} | 320 | 15.00 | ||
18
| Ebrahim Azizi {{small|(YEKTA)}} | 297 | 13.92 | ||
19
| Masoud Zaribafan {{small|(SDIR)}} | 290 | 13.59 | ||
20
| Mohammad Abbasi {{small|(YEKTA)}} | 264 | 12.37 | ||
21
| Alireza Zali {{small|(IAPA)}} | 182 | 8.53 | ||
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| colspan="2" |Invalid votes | 217 | 10.17 |
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| colspan="2" |Total voters | 2,133 | 100 |
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| colspan="4" |[http://donya-e-eqtesad.com/SiteKhan/1192210 Source] |
= April =
The organization held its second convention on 6 April 2017 to elect the top five candidates, dropping Saeed Jalili because of his rejection of the Front’s mechanism.{{citation|url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/iran-news-round-up/iran-news-round-up-april-7-2017|title=Iran News Round Up|work=Critical Threats Project|date=7 April 2017}} The results were as follows:
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! # ! Candidate (Party) ! Votes ! % | ||
1
| Ebrahim Raisi {{small|(CCA)}} | 2,147 | 90.28 | ||
2
| Alireza Zakani {{small|(SPIR)}} | 1,546 | 65.01 | ||
3
| Mehrdad Bazrpash {{small|(FIRS)}} | 1,404 | 59.04 | ||
4
| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf {{small|(PJPII)}} | 1,373 | 57.73 | ||
5
| Parviz Fattah {{small|(FIRS)}} | 994 | 41.79 | ||
6
| Hamid-Reza Hajibabaei {{small|(YEKTA)}} | 991 | 41.67 | ||
7
| Ali Nikzad {{small|(FIRS)}} | 947 | 39.82 | ||
8
| 930 | 39.10 | ||
9
| Rostam Ghasemi {{small|(YEKTA)}} | 683 | 28.72 | ||
10
| Mohsen Rezaei {{small|(RFII)}} | 660 | 27.75 | ||
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| colspan="2" |Invalid votes | 45 | 1.89 |
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| colspan="2" |Total voters | 2,378 | 100 |
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| colspan="4" |[http://www.isna.ir/news/96011705816/%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA Source] |
See also
References
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{{Electoral lists in Iran}}
Category:Principlist political groups in Iran
Category:Political parties established in 2016