Combatant Clergy Association
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Combatant Clergy Association
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| General Secretary | Ali Movahedi-Kermani |
| Spokesperson | Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology |
Clericalism Pragmatism Conservatism Islamic democracy Islamism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| International affiliation | None |
| 5th Assembly of Experts |
66 / 88 (75%)
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| Website | |
| http://rohaniatmobarez.com/ | |
The Combatant Clergy Association (Persian: جامعه روحانیت مبارز, translit. Jāme'e-ye Rowhāniyyat-e Mobārez) is a politically active group in Iran, but not a political party in the traditional sense. It is a traditional conservative clerical association, and was the majority party in the fourth and fifth parliaments after the Islamic revolution. It is one of the biggest political factions of Iran.Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran since 2013, is a member of the fraction.
After the 15 Khordad demonstration failed in Iran, it was felt that a coherence organization was needed. The association was founded in 1977 by a group of clerics with intentions to use Islamic culture and traditions to overthrow the Shah. Although the exact founding members of the group are unsure, some of them were said to be Ali Khamenei, Morteza Motahhari, Mohammad Beheshti, Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Fazlollah Mahallati, and Mohammad Mofatteh, and its current members include founding members Ali Khamenei and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
The Combatant Clergy Association was one of the only active republican groups before the Iran-Iraq war. A "free political atmosphere" was not provided in Iran due to the special conditions of wartime, and the Combatant Clergy Association was the only active political organisation after the dissolution of the Islamic Republican Party. By the emergence of factional differences in government of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the organization was divided, and Association of Combatant Clerics was formed.
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