List of political parties in Iran

This article lists political parties in Iran.

The course of faction and party relations

Current composition

Major factions

Parties active inside Iran

Parliament members

Principlists

Main active parties

Other parties

Reformists

Main active parties

Other parties

Banned parties

Outlawed parties tolerated inside Iran

Opposition parties active in exile

The main Iranian opposition parties can be broadly grouped as follows: on the liberal-democratic side, the Constitutionalist Party of Iran; on the secular-religious (or Muslim democratic) side, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran; on the leftist side, the Left Party of Iran; and on the ethnic (Kurdish) side, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

Constitutional monarchists/liberal democratic parties

All constitutional monarchist organizations are secular and support restoring the Pahlavi dynasty:

Ethnic-based parties

Muslim Democrats

Socialists and Communists

Social Democrats

List of parties by political position

Political position key