Islamic Reconciliation Party

This article is about Iranian banned party. For Bahraini opposition party, see Al Wefaq.

Islamic Reconciliation Party or Al-Wefaq Islamic Party (Persian: حزب وفاق اسلامی, Arabic: حزب الوفاق الاسلامي) formerly named Reconciliation Committee (Arabic: لجنةالوفاق; Lejnat Al-Wefaq),^[2] was an Iranian local ethnic party associated with Arab minority in Khuzestan Province.^[4]

Islamic Reconciliation Party
Secretary-General	Jasem Shadidzadeh Tamimi[1]
Presidium	January 9, 2003 (2003-01-09)[2]
Founded	1999[1]
Banned	November 4, 2006 (2006-11-04)
Headquarters	Ahvaz, Iran
Ideology	Reformism[2][3] Arab nationalism[3]
Religion	Islam
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The party had candidates shared with the Islamic Iran Participation Front,^[3] and was described as its Arabic wing.^[5] It won several seats in Ahvaz's City Council, as well as a seat in the Iranian Parliament.

Dissolution

On 4 November 2006, the Judicial system of Iran banned the party and declared it illegal on charges of "instigating unrest" and "opposing the system", accusing it of fueling 2005 Ahvaz unrest.^[4] Following detention of some party members, a faction were radicalized and joined the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz which is a separatist militant organization designated as a "terrorist organization" by Iran.^[6]

Election results

Year	Seats	+/–	Ref
Local elections Ahvaz City Council
1999	3 / 9 (33%)		[2]
2003	8 / 9 (89%)	5	[1]
Parliamentary elections Ahvaz, Bavi, Hamidieh and Karoun
2000	1 / 3 (33%)		[1][2]
2004	0 / 3 (0%)	1	[1]

See also

• Politics of Khuzestan Province
• Arab separatism in Khuzestan