Abadgaran
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Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
ائتلاف آبادگران ایران اسلامی |
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| Spokesperson | Mehdi Chamran |
| Head of Election Campaign |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2003) Hossein Fadaei (2004) |
| President of Iran | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Speaker of the Parliament | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel |
| Founded | 2003 |
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| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Islam |
| National affiliation | Coordination Council of Islamic Revolution Forces |
| International affiliation | None |
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| 2003 local election (Tehran) |
14 / 15 (93%)
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| 2004 parliament election (Tehran) |
29 / 30 (97%)
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| 2005 presidential election (Runoff) |
61.69%
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The Alliance of Builders or Developers of Islamic Iran (Persian: ائتلاف آبادگران ایران اسلامی; E'telāf-e Ābādgarān-e Īrān-e Eslāmī), usually shortened to Abadgaran (Persian: آبادگران), was an Iranian conservative political federation of parties and organizations. Described as "Iran's neocons", main groups within the alliance were Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader members and Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution.
According to the Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, the Abadgaran "seems to have been formed in 2003 and is made up broadly of figures under the age of fifty, who are non-clerics". The group originally consisted of Basij and Revolutionary Guards veterans who rose to mid- and senior-level administrative positions but marginalized during government of Hashemi Rafsanjani.
The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2003.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former mayor of Tehran (who was chosen by the Abadgaran–dominated Tehran City Council) was considered one of the main figures in the alliance and won the 2005 presidential election backed by the group. The victory could be said to have put to an end a long period of infighting within the Islamic Republic followed by death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989.
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