Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude
The Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude,[5] the Sweet Scent of Servitude[6] or the Joyful Essence of Obedience[7] (Persian: ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت) was a conservative political group in Iran that supported Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his government.
Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت | |
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| President | Mehrdad Bazrpash |
| Spokesperson | Mohammad-Ali Ramin |
| Founded | 2006[1] |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Split from | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran[1] |
| Succeeded by | |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology | Populism Fundamentalism |
| Political position | Right-wing to Far-right |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists[1] |
| Alliance | United Front of Principlists (2008) |
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2006 local elections
The group was founded a few months before the 2006 Iranian local elections, and was able to win seats in several City and Village Councils of Iran. They had no candidates in Ilam, Sari, Kerman, Gorgan and Khorramabad. According to Fars News Agency, the results were as follows:[8][9]
| City | Seats won |
|---|---|
| Tehran | 3 / 15 (20%) |
| Ardabil | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Urmia | 1 / 9 (11%) |
| Isfahan | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Arak | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Bushehr | 1 / 7 (14%) |
| Kermanshah | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Bandar Abbas | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Tabriz | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Bojnurd | 2 / 7 (29%) |
| Birjand | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Hamedan | 4 / 9 (44%) |
| Yasuj | 1 / 7 (14%) |
| Yazd | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Rasht | 1 / 9 (11%) |
| Mashhad | 3 / 11 (27%) |
| Shiraz | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Zanjan | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Semnan | 3 / 7 (43%) |
| Sanandaj | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Qom | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Qazvin | 0 / 9 (0%) |
| Shahrekord | 0 / 9 (0%) |
| Zahedan | 0 / 9 (0%) |
Parliament elections
2008
They competed in the 2008 Iranian legislative election as part of United Front of Conservatives.[10] After the elections, their winning candidates formed a new Parliamentary group named "Islamic Revolution", claiming to have 90 members.[1]
2012
In 2010, some reports indicated a dispute inside the group,[1] and in the 2012 Iranian legislative election, some members formed Stability Front, claiming not to support the followers of Ahmadinejad.[5] Another newly formed group called Monotheism and Justice Front, was linked to Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[11]
References
- Farnaz Hassanalizadeh (20 October 2010). "The end of Pleasant Scent of Servitude?". Shargh (in Persian) (1091). p. 1.
- Farshid Ghazanfarpoor (8 March 2015). "Principlists seeking a good deal for the elections". Shahrvand (in Persian) (519). p. 2.
- "Governments and Elections". Javan Online (in Persian). 2 March 2011.
- "YEKTA's excuse to run away from the law". Iran (in Persian) (5955). 17 June 2015. p. 1.
- "Political road map of Iran before the Parliamentary (Majlis) elections". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- "Tehran Prosecutor Confirms Hikers' Sentences", Tehran Bureau, PBS, 20 August 2011, retrieved 11 December 2016
- Razavi, Reza (2010), "The Road to Party Politics in Iran (1979–2009)", Middle Eastern Studies, 46 (1): 79–96, doi:10.1080/00263200903432274, ISSN 1743-7881
- آرايش سياسي منتخبان شوراها (in Persian). Ebtekar Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. 1385-09-28
- نتايج قطعي انتخابات شوراها در ۲۴ مركز استان (in Persian). asre-nou.net.
- "واژه نامه جریان های فعال در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران - BBC Persian" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- تغییر نقشه سیاسی اصولگرایان در آستانه انتخابات (in Persian). BBC Persian. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
External links
- Electoral lists (in Persian)