The Two Societies
The Two Societies (Persian: جامعتین, Jāme'atein) is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.
The Two Societies جامعتین | |
|---|---|
| Leader of SST | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri |
| Leader of CCA | Ali Movahedi-Kermani |
| Ideology | Political Islam Islamic Principlism Ja'fari jurisprudence Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists Khomeinism |
| Political position | Right wing |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists |
| Assembly of Experts | 69 / 86
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| Guardian Council jurisprudences | 6 / 6
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| Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams | 5 / 5
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The Two Societies declared a shared electoral list for 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election and won 69 seats out of 86. In 2016 elections, the two societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists, eventually winning 64≈66 seats out of 88.
They also dominate Guardian Council.
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