02.02.2004 - Source: BBC News

The largest pro-reform party, the Islamic Participation Front, has said it will not take part in the parliamentary elections on 20 February ("Iran reformists pull out of poll") [#19157],  [ID 8383]

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10.2002 - Source: UK Border Agency (Home Office)

Country Assessment - October 2002 ("Country Assessment - October 2002") [#9556],  [ID 8384]

"One of a number of new political parties established in 1998. A reformist political group of cultural and political figures. Founded on search for freedom of thought, logical dialogue and rule of law in social behaviour."

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11.2001 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

00.11.2001 – ACCORD: Assassination attempt on Saeed Hajjarian, one of the leaders of Islamic Iran Participation Front ("7th European Country of Origin Information Seminar Berlin, 11 - 12 June 2001: Final Report - Iran") [#7661],  [ID 8385]

"One of the most prominent cases was the assassination attempt on Saeed Hajjarian, one of the leaders of the largest reformist faction, the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF). He was shot at in central Tehran on 12 March by two men on a 1000 ccm motorcycle. He was rushed to hospital in a coma but is now able to speak and walk again and to continue to work as city councillor. In Iran there is a general ban on
motorcycles over 200 ccm. Large motorcycles are known to be reserved for members of the Ministry of Intelligence and the armed forces. Eight people were tried, and after three hearings one received a 15-year sentence, four were sentenced to between 3 and 10 years for their role in the attack, three of the accused were acquitted. The trial was rushed, with the intention – according to some newspapers – to allow those who masterminded the operation to escape."

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02.2000 - Source: NetIran

NetIran: Formed in 1998 by supporters of President Khatami's administration ("Parties in Iran") [#10625],  [ID 8386]

"Jebheye Mosharekate Irane Eslami or the Islamic Iran Partnership Front (IIPF) was formed in 1998 by one hundred Muslim intellectuals who are among the staunch supporters of President Khatami's administration, a year after his sweeping victory in presidential elections. Supporting people's participation in determination of their fate, helping political and cultural development, reducing the government's role in these fields and also the government's supervision over economic affairs of the country are among the objectives of the IIPF.

Mohsen Mirdamadi, one of the former Students Following the Line of the Imam and former governor general of Khuzestan Province is the secretary general of the IIPF. Mohammad Reza Khatami (President Khatami's brother and former deputy minister of health), Saeed Hajjarian (former political advisor to president Khatami and member of Tehran City Council), Abbas Abdi (journalist), Mohammad Reza Aref (minister of post, telegraph and telephone), Habibollah Bitaraf (energy minister), Mostafa Tajzadeh (deputy interior minister for political affairs), and Hussein Nasiri (presidential advisor and secretary of the High Council of Free Trade Zones) are among the main members of the IIPF. The IIPF is mainly composed of the members of elections campaign headquarters of President Khatami.

"Mosharekat" daily, the organ of the party whose managing director is Mohammad Reza Khatami, joined the Iranian press at the beginning of the year 2000.

Victory in the councils' elections especially in the Tehran City Council whose elected members are mainly the candidates supported by the IIPF, is among the major achievements of the party."

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