Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution

The Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: جمعیت ایثارگران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Jam`iyat-e Isargaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami) is a conservative Iranian political party.^[3] It is informally referred to as the Isargaran, a word which connotes altruism in Persian and is associated with other political movements.^[2] Many members of the party are veterans of the Iran–Iraq War.^[5] It is one of the most powerful and least discussed movements in Iran.^[2]

Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution جمعیت ایثارگران انقلاب اسلامی
Secretary-General	Mohammad Javad Ameri
Spokesperson	Lotfollah Forouzandeh[1]
Founded	March 1995; 30 years ago (1995-03) (Initial activity)[2] 3 February 1997; 28 years ago (1997-02-03)[2]
Legalized	26 July 1999; 26 years ago (1999-07-26)[3]
Preceded by	Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization[4]
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Newspaper	Siyaset-e Rooz (unofficial)[1]
Ideology	Governance of the Jurist[4] Social conservatism[4]
Political position	Right-wing[4]
National affiliation	Front of Transformationalist Principlists Coordination Council of Islamic Revolution Forces[4]
Parliament	1 / 290
Website
isargaran.net
Politics of Iran Political parties Elections

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a founding member of the party.^[2]

Electoral results

Election	Candidate	Votes	Result
2005	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	17,284,782	Elected
2009	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	24,592,793	Elected
2013	Saeed Jalili	4,168,946	Lost

Party leaders

Secretaries-general

Name	Tenure	Ref
Hossein Fadaei	1995–2017
Mohammad Javad Ameri	2017–

Deputy secretaries-general

Name	Tenure	Ref
Ali Darabi	–2005
Lotfollah Forouzandeh	2005–2015
Mohammad Javad Ameri	2015–2017
Mohammad Esmaeili	2019–