The Two Societies
{{Infobox political party
| name = The Two Societies
| native_name = جامعتین
| native_name_lang = fa
| logo =
| caption =
| colorcode = Black
| leader1_title = Leader of SST
| leader1_name = Hashem Hosseini Bushehri
| leader2_title = Leader of CCA
| leader2_name = Mostafa Pourmohammadi
| merger =
| split =
| predecessor =
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| ideology = {{Nowrap|Political Islam
Islamic Principlism
Ja'fari jurisprudence
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Khomeinism}}
| position = Right-wing
| religion = Shia Islam
| national = Principlists
| international =
| seats1_title = Assembly of Experts
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|60|88|hex=#477979}}
| seats2_title = Guardian Council jurisprudences
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|6|6|hex=#477979}}
| seats3_title = Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|5|5|hex=#477979}}
| country = Iran
}}
The Two Societies ({{langx|fa|جامعتین}}, Jāme'atein) is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/09/irans-conservatives-the-headstrong-new-bloc.html|title=Iran's Conservatives: The Headstrong New Bloc|last1=SHAUL |first1=BAKHASH|date=12 September 2011|work=Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |publisher=Tehran Bureau|accessdate=March 10, 2015}} Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.Enis Erdem Aydin, [http://www.tesev.org.tr/a-separation-the-principalist-divide-and-the-parliamentary-elections-in-iran/Content/326.html 'A Separation? The Principalist Divide and the Parliamentary Elections in Iran'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325122410/http://tesev.org.tr/a-separation-the-principalist-divide-and-the-parliamentary-elections-in-iran/Content/326.html |date=2016-03-25 }}, Istanbul: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, February 2012.
The Two Societies declared a shared electoral list for 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election and won 69 seats out of 86. In 2016 elections, the two societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists, eventually winning 64≈66 seats out of 88.{{cite web |url=http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/478270/Politics/election|title=تاثیر حمایت جامعه مدرسین در رای آوری نامزدهای خبرگان/کدام اعضای کنونی نامزد جامعه مدرسین نبودند؟|date=1 March 2016|website=Khabaronline|access-date=1 March 2016|language=Persian}}
They also dominate Guardian Council.
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Category:Electoral lists for Assembly of Experts election, 2016
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