Resistance Front of Islamic Iran

Not to be confused with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.

The Islamic Iran Resistance Front or Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (Persian: جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی, romanized: Jebhe-ye Istâdegi-ye Irân-e Islâmi), or simply Resistance Front,^[2][4] also translated Endurance Front,^[5] is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2011. The group is associated with Mohsen Rezaee.^[2] They competed with an electoral list in the 2012 Iranian legislative election,^[2] and were able to win 18 exclusive seats (not shared with other lists).^[6] The group endorsed 31 candidates for Tehran City Council in the 2013 Iranian local elections,^[7] two of the candidates won seats.

Resistance Front of Islamic Iran جبهه ایستادگی ایران اسلامی
Secretary-General	Yadollah Habibi[1]
Spokesperson	Hassan Bayadi[1]
Spiritual leader	Mohsen Rezaee[1]
Head of Supreme Council	Mahmoud Alavi[1]
Founded	January 2011; 14 years ago (2011-01)[1]
Split from	Principlists Pervasive Coalition
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Ideology	Governance of the Jurist[1]
Political position	Centre[2]
National affiliation	Principlists[1]
Election symbol
61[a]
Party flag
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

Development and Justice Party and Green Party are affiliated with the front.

Presidential candidates

Year	Candidate	Vote	Percentage of votes
2013	Mohsen Rezaee	3,884,412	10.59%
2017	Ebrahim Raisi	15,835,794	38.28%
2021	Mohsen Rezaee	3,412,712	13.78%

Notes

1. The number 61, refers to the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (680 AD); and the year 1361 in the Iranian calendar (1982), when the Battle of Karbala and Liberation of Khorramshahr took place respectively. Both events serve as an inspiration on the groups' ideology.^[3]