Pervasive_Coalition_of_Reformists
Pervasive Coalition of Reformists
Political party in Iran
Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step (Persian: ائتلاف فراگير اصلاحطلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope (Persian: لیست امید) by Mohammad Khatami,[1] was the sole coalition and electoral list affiliated with the Iranian reform movement for the 2016 legislative election. The group also endorsed candidates for the 2016 Assembly of Experts election. Reformists backed a list of 236 candidates for the Parliament and 77 for the Assembly of Experts, even though many of them are not reformists but moderate-leaning figures.[2]
The coalition includes Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front member groups, National Trust Party (close to Mehdi Karroubi), newly established Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party (close to Hassan Rouhani) and the principlist Followers of Velayat faction led by Ali Larijani.