1980 Iranian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 13 March 1980, with a second round on 9 May. They were the first elections to the Majlis since the overthrow of the Shah, and were contested to a considerable degree on a party basis.
Image: Mohammad Beheshti 1980
Image: Abolhassan Banisadr portrait 1980 1
Image: PM Bazargan photographed during a Television program 1979
Image: Karim Sanjabi
The Islamic Republican Party was formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini in their goal to establish theocracy in Iran. It was disbanded in 1987 due to internal conflicts.
Ali Khamenei at the party's office in Qom, 1983