The Combatant Clergy Association (Jame'e-ye Rowhaniyat-e Mobarez) or (جامعه روحانیت مبارز in Persian

Persian language

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), is a political party in Iran

Iran

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. It is a pragmatic-conservative clerical party, and was the majority party in the fourth and fifth parliaments after the Islamic revolution. It was founded in 1977 by a group of clerics with intentions to use culture to overthrow the Shah. Its founding members were Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

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, Morteza Motahhari

Morteza Motahhari

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, Mohammad Beheshti, Mohammad Javad Bahonar

Mohammad Javad Bahonar

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, Ali Akbar Rafsanjani and Mohammad Mofatteh

Mohammad Mofatteh

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 and its current members include Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

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, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Reza Akrami and Hassan Rohani.