Political Forces and the Struggle of Opposites in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran (1984-1988)

Abstract

The parliamentary opposition made its presence felt in the Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis), it is undoubtedly a continuation of all previous parliamentary opposition movements the country has witnessed since the establishment of the first parliament in 1906. The conflict was between two factions within the same party, the Islamic Republican Party: a left-wing faction represented by Mir Hossein Mousavi and a right-wing faction comprised of veteran figures of the Islamic Revolution. This conflict was a natural consequence of the war with Iraq, which negatively impacted the economic situation, leading to high inflation and a reliance solely on a resistance economy..