The Two Societies | |
Native Name: | جامعتین |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Colorcode: | Black |
Leader1 Title: | Leader of SST |
Leader1 Name: | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri |
Leader2 Title: | Leader of CCA |
Leader2 Name: | Ali Movahedi-Kermani |
Position: | Right wing |
Religion: | Shia Islam |
National: | Principlists |
Seats1 Title: | Assembly of Experts |
Seats2 Title: | Guardian Council jurisprudences |
Seats3 Title: | Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Imams |
Country: | Iran |
The Two Societies (fa|جامعتین, Jāme'atein) is the nickname given to the coalition of two influential[1] Iranian principlist clerical religious–political groups, Combatant Clergy Association of Tehran and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.[2]
The Two Societies declared a shared electoral list for 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election and won 69 seats out of 86. In 2016 elections, the two societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists, eventually winning 64≈66 seats out of 88.[3]
They also dominate Guardian Council.[1]