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The Two Societies

The Two Societies
جامعتین
Leader of SSTHashem Hosseini Bushehri
Leader of CCAMostafa Pourmohammadi
IdeologyPolitical Islam
Islamic Principlism
Ja'fari jurisprudence
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Khomeinism
Political positionRight wing
ReligionShia Islam
National affiliationPrinciplists
Assembly of Experts
69 / 86
Guardian Council jurisprudences
6 / 6
Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams
5 / 5

The Two Societies (Persian: جامعتین, Jāme'atein)[1] is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential[2] Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.[1]

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.[3]

They also dominate Guardian Council.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Enis Erdem Aydin, 'A Separation? The Principalist Divide and the Parliamentary Elections in Iran' Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Istanbul: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, February 2012.
  2. ^ a b SHAUL, BAKHASH (12 September 2011). "Iran's Conservatives: The Headstrong New Bloc". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tehran Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "تاثیر حمایت جامعه مدرسین در رای آوری نامزدهای خبرگان/کدام اعضای کنونی نامزد جامعه مدرسین نبودند؟". Khabaronline (in Persian). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.