Established | 2009 |
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Head | Mohammad Reza Aref |
Key people | Jafar Towfighi (Head of Board) |
Location | Headquarter: Tehran Branches: Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Zanjan, Zahedan |
Website | omidiranian |
Omid Iranian Foundation (Persian: بنیاد امید ایرانیان) is an Iranian not-for-profit non-governmental organization headed by Mohammad Reza Aref. Established in 2009, it is officially a research institute focusing on political and social sciences, however some analysts believe it is strategically functioning as a "reformist political party" as it has branches nationwide. Aref himself has stressed that the organization's goal is different from a political party, but it is likely that it becomes politically active after 2017, but he rathers it remain a think tank for executive officials.