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Ansar-e Hezbollah
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Header of Yalasarat
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| General Secretary | Abdolhamid Mohtasham |
| Coordination head | Hossein Allahkaram |
| Mashhad leader | Hamid Ostad |
| Kermanshah leader | Sadeq Ashk-Talkh |
| Tabriz leader | Ruhollah Bejani |
| Isfahan leader | Komeyl Kaveh |
| Founded | 1990, 1993 or 1995 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Newspaper | Yalasarat |
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| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Shi'a Islam |
| Slogan |
Arabic: فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ "Then surely the party of God are they that shall be triumphant" [Quran 5:56] |
Ansar-e-Hezbollah (Persian: انصار حزبالله, lit. 'the supporters of the party of God') is a conservative organization in Iran. According to the Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, it is a "semi-official quasi-clandestine organization of a paramilitary character that performs vigilante duties".Hossein Allahkaram, one of the organization's known leaders has descibed it as "groups of young war veterans who, based on their revolutionary-Islamic duty, claim to be carrying out the Imam's will and rectifying existing shortcomings in Iran".
Its ideology revolves around devotion to upholding the principles of the Iranian Revolution, especially the belief in Valiyat al-faqih.
Ansar-e Hizbullah, or Followers of the Party of God or more literally Helpers of Hizbullah in Persian, is said to be a semi-official, paramilitary group formed in 1995. Unlike some other paramilitary groups, Ansar-e Hizbullah undergoes formal training.
It is thought to be financed and protected by many senior government clerics. It is often characterized as a group as they use force but are not part of government law enforcement, although it may not meet the strict definition of the word inasmuch as the group pledge loyalty to the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and is thought to be protected by him.
It has been described as an "offshoot" or "vigilante associate" of the Iranian Hezbollah, a loose-knit movement of groups formed at the time of the Iranian Revolution to assist the Ayatollah Khomeini and his forces in consolidating power.
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