Islamic Revolution fraction (2009–2012)

The Islamic Revolution fraction (Persian: فراکسیون انقلاب اسلامی) was a parliamentary group in the 8th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[1] Led by Ruhollah Hosseinian, members of the group were conservatives who supported Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

[2][3] The group had at peak 70 members, and could ally with other 30 deputies.

[5] The group was hostile to other conservative factions, gathered in the majority Principlists fraction.

[6] They unsuccessfully tried to prevent Ali Larijani from election to the Speaker,[7] however, managed to unseat Mohammad-Reza Bahonar as deputy speaker in May 2010.