This article provides an overview of liberalism in Iran. It is limited to the Iranian liberal movement and liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in the majlis (Iranian Parliament).
Today, the main liberal parties in Iran are the National Front of Iran and the Constitutionalist Party of Iran.
The historical development of Iranian liberalism is a controversial subject, since several of the most fundamental liberal concepts stand in direct opposition with the ideological positions of the Islamic republic. Regarding this dichotomy, Ramin Jahanbegloo, a liberal philosopher and Iranian dissident who currently lives in exile, has commented that “…freedom is possible even in a world of secret police and of the rule of autocrats. Freedom is a universal human possibility.”
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