It has never been registered as a political party; however, it acts as a fragmented caucus and has actively operated in the electoral arena, competing for votes.

[4] The organization has great influence over non-elective institutions such as the judicial system, the Guardian Council and Revolutionary Guard Corps.

A "free political atmosphere" was not provided in Iran due to the special conditions of wartime, and the Combatant Clergy Association was the only active political organisation after the dissolution of the Islamic Republican Party (All IRP clerics were members of CCA but not all CCA founders were members of IRP).

[4] By the emergence of factional differences in government of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the organization was divided, and Association of Combatant Clerics was formed.

Also, the president of the judicial branch of the government was one of the members of the association, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, for two five-year periods, from 1989 to 1999.