Combatant Clergy Association

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The Combatant Clergy Association (Jame'e-ye Rowhaniyat-e Mobarez) or (جامعه روحانیت مبارز in Persian), is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-conservative clerical party, and was the majority party in the 4th and 5th parliaments after the Islamic revolution.[1] It was founded in 1977 by a group of clerics with intentions to use cultural approach to overthrow the Shah. Its founding members were Ali Khamenei, Motahhari, Beheshti, Bahonar, Rafsanjani and Mofatteh[2] and its current members include Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mahdavi Kani, Reza Akrami and Hassan Rohani.

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