Learned Council

The Learned Council^[3] (Persian: هیئت علمیه, romanized: Heyʿat-e Elmīyeh) was a political group of clerics in the 3rd Parliament, led by Hassan Modarres.^[1]

Learned Council
Chamber	Iranian Parliament
Legislature(s)	3rd
Foundation	1914
Dissolution	1915
Leader	Hassan Modarres
Representation	17 / 115 (15%)
Ideology	Conservatism[1]
Political position	Right-wing[2]

According to Touraj Daryaee, it did not consider itself a party and was a group of "hardline rightists particularly opposed to the Democrats".^[2] The group opposed the policy of centralization advocated by the government, secularization of penal code, property tax, conscription and women's suffrage.^[2][3]