The Iran Reformist Coalition is a group of moderate pro-reform political parties in Iran's parliament. Former president Mohamma Khatami formed the coalition in late 2007 to unify the parliament against current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's conservative administration. The coalition faced severe opposition from the government's religious Guardian Council in the 2008 legislative elections.

1. Islamic Iran Participation Front
2. Executives of Construction Party
3. Association of Combatant Clerics
4. Organization of Islamic Revolution Mojahedeen
5. National Confidence Party

Most of the Iran Reformist Coalition's candidates were barred from the 2008 election by the Guardian Council in February 2008. Many of the candidates were reinstated a week later, but its strongest candidates remained barred. Critics argue that the Guardian Council's selective approval of candidates has compromised the freeness and fairness of the elections.Telegraph: Reformers purged as Iranians go to polls (March 16, 2008)

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• The Australian: Pre-Poll Pressure on Iran Reformers (March 13, 2008)
• Telegraph: Reformers Purged As Iranians Go to Polls (March 13, 2008)
  • "People are saying, 'This is not a free and fair election, everyone who the government wants will go to parliament, so why should we care about this situation and go to vote'...Most of those who boycott this election belong to the reformist camp. This means that reformist votes are staying away."
• Agence France-Presse: Khatami Urges Iran Reformists to Vote En Masse (March 12, 2008)
• Times Online: Iran Starts 'Treason' Inquiry Ahead of Poll (March 12, 2008)
• MEED: Factional Fighting Boosts Reformers in Iran (March 7, 2008)
• Agence France-Presse: Iran Reformists Still Weakened in Parliamentary Election (February 25, 2008)
• Bloomberg: Iran's Reformists to Enter Elections With Key Candidates Barred (February 17, 2008)
• The Boston Globe: Iran Reformists Say Most of Its Candidates Barred (February 16, 2008)
• Agence France-Presse: Iran Reformists Form Coalition to End 'Crisis' (December 14, 2007)
  • "Iranian reformists Friday announced a coalition inspired by ex-president Mohammad Khatami to win back parliament and save Iran from the 'crisis' they said was created by his successor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."

• Middle East Times: Ahmadinejad's Last Stand (March 13, 2008)

• Foreign Matters (Sky News): To Vote Or Not to Vote, That Is the Iranian Question (March 11, 2008)

• National Council of Resistance of Iran: Iran Reinstates Khomeini's Son: Sign of Reform? (March 5, 2008)

• MEIB: The Origins of Iran's Reformist Elite (April, 2003)

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