Development and Justice Party

Development and Justice Party of Islamic Iran^[1] or Islamic Iran Development and Justice Party^[2] (Persian: حزب توسعه و عدالت ایران اسلامی) is a conservative^[3] It is a right-wing political party in Iran, with a claimed goal of "increasing public participation in politics".^[2]

Development and Justice Party
Secretary-General	Mehdi Vakilpour
Deputy General Secretary	Hossein Dadkhah
Head of Council	Abdolhossein Rouhalamini
Founded	December 2007; 17 years ago (2007-12)[1]
Ideology	Conservatism
Religion	Islam
National affiliation	Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

Mohsen Rezaee is the man behind the party, which consists mainly of Revolutionary Guard commanders who served in the Iran-Iraq War.^[1] His brother Omidvar Rezai is said to have a leading role in the party.^[3] Other senior members include Abdolhossein Rouhalamini^[4] and Reza Talaei-Nik (both former Secretaries-General), Kamal Daneshyar and Amir-Ali Amiri.^[2] The party backed Mohsen Rezaee for president in 2009^[3] and 2013.