IRAN
- Current Issues
- Country Background, Politics & Law
- Human Rights Issues
- Security, Humanitarian Issues and Protection Related Issues
- Opposition
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Country background
Politics & Law
- Political analysis
- Constitution
- Government & Parliament
- Elections
- Political Parties
- Background information
- Conservative parties
- Zainab Society (Jame'e Zainab)
- Society of Islamic Associations of the Bazaar & Trade Unions (Jame'e Anjomanhaye Eslamie Baazaar Va Asnaf, SIABTU)
- Militant Clerics League (Majma'e Rouhanioune Mobarez)
- Militant Clergy Association (Jame'e Rouhaniyate Mobarez)
- Islamic Society of Engineers (Jame'e Eslami Mohandesin, ISE)
- Islamic Coalition Association (Jamiate Moutalefeye Eslami)
- Helpers of the Party of God (Ansar-e-Hizbollah)
- Assembly of the Followers of the Imam's Line (Majma-e Niruha-ye Khat-e Imam)
- Fedayeen
- Union of People's Fedaian of Iran (Etehade Fedaian, UPFI)
- Organisation of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority)
- Organisation of Fedaian (Minority)
- Organization of Iranian People's Fedayee Guerrillas (Sazemane Cherikhaye Fadayee Khalq)
- Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (Sazman-e Cherikha-ye Feda'i-ye Khalq-e Iran, OIPFG)
- Iranian People’s Fadaee Guerrillas
- Leftist parties
- Workers Left Unity (Etehap Chap)
- Worker-communist Party of Iran (Hezb-e Komunist-e Kargariy-e Iran, WCPI)
- Tudeh Party
- Toilers Party of Iran (Ranjbaran Party of Iran, Hezb-e Ranjbaran Iran)
- The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufah)
- Komalah (Kurdistan Organisation of the Communist Party of Iran, Sazman-e Kordestan-e Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran, Komala)
- Revolutionary Labour Party of Iran (Hezb-e Kar-e Enqelabi-ye Iran)
- Rahe Tudeh
- Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar)
- National Council of Resistance of Iran (Shoraye Meliye Moghavemate Iran, NCRI)
- People's Mojahedin (Mojahedin Khalq Organization, Mujahedin-e Khalq, Sazeman-e Mojahedin-e Khalq, PMOI, MKO)
- Communist Party of Iran - MLM (Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran (Marksist-e Leninist-e Maoist-e))
- Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (Hezb-e Democrat-e Kordestan Iran, KDPI, DPKI)
- Communist Party of Iran (Hezbe Komoniste Iran, CPI)
- Monarchist parties
- Shahin
- The Imperial Iranian Guards (Rastakhiz of Iran Organization, Sazemane Rastakhize Iran)
- Organization of Kaviyani Banner (Kaviyani Flag, Derafsh-e Kaviani)
- National Movement of Iranian Resistance (NAMIR)
- Iran Paad (Sultanat Taliban, Saltanat Talab)
- Iranian Monarchist Council of Canada (Shora-e Saltanat Talaban-e Iran dar Kanada, IMCC)
- Guardians of Eternal Iran (Negahbanane Iran-e Djawid)
- Constitutionalist Movement of Iran - Frontline (Sazeman-e Mashroteh Khahan-e Iran, Maschruth Khahan, CMI-FL)
- Babak Khorramdin Organization (BKO)
- Reformist parties
- Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (Komiteye Hamahangiye Jonbeshe Daneshjuyi Baraye Demokrasi Dar Iran, SMCCDI)
- Pars Organization/Overthrow Committee (Sazemane Pars/Shora-ye Bar Andazi)
- Pan Iranist Party (Hezbe Pan Iranist)
- National Democratic Front of Iran (Jebheye Demokratike Meli Iran)
- National Conciliation of Iran (Ashtie Meli)
- Islamic Revolution Mujahedin Organization (Sazemane Mojahedine Enqelabe Eslami)
- Islamic Iran Solidarity Party (Hezb-e Hambastegi-ye Iran-e Islami)
- Islamic Iran Participation Front (Islamic Iran Partnership Front, Jebheye Mosharekate Irane Eslami)
- Iran Nation Party (Hezbe Mellat-e Iran)
- Iran National Front (Jebhe Melli Iran)
- Iranian Futurist Party (Hezbe Ayandeh Negare Iran)
- Freedom Movement of Iran (Liberation Movement of Iran, Nehzat-e Azadi ye Iran)
- Green Party of Iran (Hezbe Sabzhaye Iran)
- Executives of Construction Party (Hezbe Kargozarane Sazandegi Iran, ECP)
- Constitutionalist Party of Iran (CPI)
- Iranian Motherland Party (Hezbe Mihan)
- Jomhuri Khana Melli Iran
- Southern Azerbaijan National Awakeness Movement (SANAM)
- Marze Por Gohar Party (MPG, Iranians for a secular republic)
- Judiciary
- National Law
- Official documents
- Entry/Exit regulations
Human Rights Issues
- Overview
- Death penalty
- Torture/Ill-treatment
- Arbitrary Detention
- Fair trial
- Prison conditions
- Demonstrations/Strikes
- Ethnic affiliation
- Religious affiliation
- Political affiliation
- Women
- Children/Youth
- Sexual orientation
- Media/Journalists/Writers
- Military service/Desertion
- Refugees
- Drugs/Alcohol
- Scientists/Academics
Security
- Security situation
- Security forces
- National army
- Intelligence service
- Sepah-e Basiji (Mobilization of the Dispossessed)
- Ansar-e Hezbollah (Party of God, Anzar-e Hizbollah)
- Amr be Ma'ruf va Nahi az Monkar (Enjoining the Good and Prohibiting the Forbidden) & yegan ha-ye vizhe (special units) "Morality force"
- Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Eslami (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
- Niruha-ye Entezami (Disciplinary Forces or Law Enforcement Forces - LEF)
- Ashura Brigades
- Criminality
- Corruption
- Impunity
Humanitarian issues
Protection-related issues
Opposition
- Political parties
- Freedom Movement of Iran (Liberation Movement of Iran, Nehzat-e Azadi)
- National Religious Alliance (Melli Mazhabi)
- Communist Party of Iran (Hezb-e Komunist Iran, CPI)
- Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Hezb-e Democrat-e Kordestan Iran, KDPI, DPKI)
- Komalah (Kurdistan Organisation of the Communist Party of Iran, Sazman-e Kordestan-e Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran)
- People's Fedayin (Fedayin-e Khalq)
- People's Mojahedin (Mojahedin Khalq Organization, Mujahedin-e Khalq, Sazeman-e Mojahedin-e Khalq, PMOI, MKO)
- Organization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar)
- Tudeh Party
- Monarchist groups
- Iran Nation Party (Hezbe Mellat-e Iran)
- Political Dissidents
- National Unity Front
- Islamic Iran Participation Front (Mosharekat or IIPF)
- Iran´s Democratic Front
- Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (Partiya Jiyana Azadiya Kurdistane, PJAK)
- Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
- Students/demonstrators
- Shi'a Clerics
- Opposition in exile
- NGOs and human rights defenders
- Trade Unions and Associations