Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude

The Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude,^[5] the Sweet Scent of Servitude^[6] or the Joyful Essence of Obedience^[7] (Persian: ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت) was a conservative political group in Iran that supported Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his government.

Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت
President	Mehrdad Bazrpash
Spokesperson	Mohammad-Ali Ramin
Founded	2006[1]
Dissolved	2011
Split from	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran[1]
Succeeded by	Stability Front[2] Monotheism and Justice Front[3] YEKTA Front[4]
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Populism Fundamentalism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	Principlists[1]
Alliance	United Front of Principlists (2008)
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2006 local elections

The group was founded a few months before the 2006 Iranian local elections, and was able to win seats in several City and Village Councils of Iran. They had no candidates in Ilam, Sari, Kerman, Gorgan and Khorramabad. According to Fars News Agency, the results were as follows:^[8][9]

City	Seats won
Tehran	3 / 15 (20%)
Ardabil	2 / 9 (22%)
Urmia	1 / 9 (11%)
Isfahan	2 / 11 (18%)
Arak	2 / 9 (22%)
Bushehr	1 / 7 (14%)
Kermanshah	2 / 9 (22%)
Bandar Abbas	2 / 9 (22%)
Tabriz	2 / 11 (18%)
Bojnurd	2 / 7 (29%)
Birjand	3 / 9 (33%)
Hamedan	4 / 9 (44%)
Yasuj	1 / 7 (14%)
Yazd	2 / 9 (22%)
Rasht	1 / 9 (11%)
Mashhad	3 / 11 (27%)
Shiraz	2 / 11 (18%)
Zanjan	2 / 9 (22%)
Semnan	3 / 7 (43%)
Sanandaj	3 / 9 (33%)
Qom	3 / 9 (33%)
Qazvin	0 / 9 (0%)
Shahrekord	0 / 9 (0%)
Zahedan	0 / 9 (0%)

Parliament elections

2008

They competed in the 2008 Iranian legislative election as part of United Front of Conservatives.^[10] After the elections, their winning candidates formed a new Parliamentary group named "Islamic Revolution", claiming to have 90 members.^[1]

2012

In 2010, some reports indicated a dispute inside the group,^[1] and in the 2012 Iranian legislative election, some members formed Stability Front, claiming not to support the followers of Ahmadinejad.^[5] Another newly formed group called Monotheism and Justice Front, was linked to Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.^[11]