Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers

It was founded in 2001, as a support group for the Reformist movement and then-President of Iran Mohammad Khatami.

Many of its members were students of Ayatollah Montazeri, who was a major patron of the association until his death in 2009.

[2] Ayatollah Musavi Tabrizi serves as its Secretary-General and representative to the House of Parties of Iran.

The group criticized the election vote counting system and the Iranian Guardian Council in a statement saying the Council no longer had the "right to judge in this case as some of its members have lost their impartial image in the eyes of the public.

[5] In November 2024, the Assembly caused controversy by appearing to endorse the two-state solution, which would tacitly imply an acceptance of the existence of the State of Israel, contrary to the hardline official Iranian position which completely rejects its existence.