Hope fraction

Iranian parliamentary group

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Hope fraction
Chamber	Islamic Consultative Assembly
Legislature(s)	10th
Foundation	May 7, 2016; 10 years ago (2016年05月07日)
President	Mohammad Reza Aref ^[1]
Vice presidents	Mohammad Reza Tabesh ^[1] Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh ^[1]
Spokesperson	Bahram Parsaei ^[1]
Representation	103 / 290 (36%) ^[2]^[a]
Website	FAM News

Hope fraction (Persian: فراکسیون امید) is a parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament, established after 2016 elections by reformists and pro-Rouhani administration politicians.

At the 7 May 2016 inaugural convention, they claimed 158 MPs attended the event, including every female and two Armenian minority representatives, and thus holding majority in the Parliament.^[3] At the second convention, Mohammad Reza Aref was elected as the parliamentary leader by 105 MPs, a number less than 146 seats needed for a majority.^[4]

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^ Reformists have not officially announced the number of the members affiliated with their own fraction. 103 is number of the members of the parliament who voted for Mohammad Reza Aref for the interim speaker of the parliament in 2016.