Iron is the name of two political parties that existed in different points in time in the disputed state of South Ossetia, which the international community recognizes as part of Georgia.
[1] The main message of our party is the construction of a sovereign legal democratic Ossetian state.
Today this is only possible through changing the Constitution and institutions of state power[3]Shortly after the party was founded, its leader, Tskhovrebov, would be attacked by pro-Russian politicians, including at least three sitting members of the Parliament of South Ossetia and would be hospitalized, leading to the Human Rights Watch calling for an investigation to be opened into the incident.
[4] Boris Chochiev, the South Ossetian presidential envoy to the Geneva International Discussions (GID), denounced the investigation and called Tskhovrebov, and all members and supporters of the party, "traitors" since they signed a letter supporting the resolution of the GID which called on both sides to cease hostilities, and to allow the return of displaced ethnic Georgians to their homes in South Ossetia.
[2] Following his release from prison, Georgiy Kabisov, a vocal pro-Russian politician who was arrested on the charge of running an espionage ring to gather blackmail on members of the South Ossetian parliament, announced that he was going to be creating a political party named Iron, in reference to the 2010 party, as a new South Ossetian opposition party.