Learned Council
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Leader | Hassan Modarres |
Founded | 1914 |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Political position | Right-wing |
Religion | Islam |
The Learned Council (Persian: هیئت علمیه, translit. Heyʿat-e Elmīyeh) was a political group of clerics in the 3rd Parliament, led by Hassan Modarres.
According to Touraj Daryaee, it did not consider itself a party and was a group of "hardline rightists partiularly opposed to the Democrats". The group opposed the policy of centralization advocated by the government, secularization of penal code, property tax, conscription and women's suffrage.