Iranian principlists

According to a poll conducted by the Iranian Students Polling Agency (ISPA) in April 2017, 15% of Iranians identify as leaning Principlist. In comparison, 28% identify as leaning Reformist. In April 2021, a joint public opinion survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and IranPoll found out that 19% of Iranians identified as Principlist while 7% were leaning Principlist, and if Reformists (21%) and leaning Reformist (10%) were still higher, they also noted that "the support base for the reformists has shrunk by about 8 percentage points since 2017, while the support base for the conservatives has grown by 4 percentage points." ==Factions==

• Ultra conservatives—also known as neoconservatives. This grouping is more aggressive and openly confrontational toward the West. • Traditional conservatives are a political faction that helped form the Revolutionary government and can point to personal ties with Ruhollah Khomeini. • Deviant current are a political faction led by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that espouses Islamic populism and Iranian nationalism. ==Election results==

Presidential elections Parliament == Parties and organizations==

Alliances • The Two Societies (unofficial) • Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader (founded in the 1990s) • Coordination Council of Islamic Revolution Forces (founded 2000) • Front of Transformationalist Principlists (founded 2005) • Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (founded 2011) • Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (founded 2016) ; Electoral • Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2003, 2004) • Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers (2004) • Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude (2006) • Principlists Pervasive Coalition (2008) • United Front of Principlists (2008, 2012) • Insight and Islamic Awakening Front (2012) • Principlists Grand Coalition (2016) • Service list (2017) == Media ==

• Kayhan • Resalat • Vatan-e-Emrooz • Abrar • Yalasarat • Partow-e Sokhan • Rajanews == See also ==