House of Parties of Iran

Parties' House or House of Parties of Iran (Persian: خانه احزاب ایران‎, romanized: Khānīh-yi Aḥzāb-i Īrān) is a non-governmental organization in Iran, consisting of legal and registered political parties. It aims to minimize differences between the members[1] and is a member of International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).[2] The association is backed by the Iranian government[3] and annually funds its member parties (about $2.5 million in 2004).[4]

It was founded in 1997 with the growing emergence of political parties in Iran[5] and reopened in 2015.[3]

As of 2008, 168 parties were member of the association.[5] It refused to allow Freedom Movement of Iran to join in 2004.[6]

References

1. Samii, Abbas W. (Winter 2005), "The Changing Landscape of Party Politics in Iran—A Case Study" (PDF), Journal of the European Society for Iranian Studies (1): 53–62
2. "The 4 th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties: List of Participating Political Parties and Observers" (PDF), International Conference of Asian Political Parties, 7 September 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017, retrieved 4 April 2017
3. "Gov't Backs Larger Role for Political Parties", Financial Tribune, 31 August 2016, archived from the original on 6 September 2017, retrieved 1 June 2017
4. Iran Report, 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 6 September 2004, retrieved 15 May 2017
5. Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan (31 August 2012). "Party". Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. pp. 22–24. ISBN 9781908433022.
6. Iran Report, 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 17 August 2004, retrieved 15 May 2017