Iranian Reform Movement

The Iranian reform movement (Persian: اصلاح طلبان‎ Eslâh-Talibân), or the Reforms Front (Persian: جبههٔ اصلاحات‎) also known as 2nd of Khordad Front (Persian: جبهه دوم خرداد ‎) (which refers to the date of President Mohammad Khatami's 1997 landslide election victory in the Iranian Calendar) is a political movement by a group of political parties and organizations in Iran who supported President Mohammad Khatami's plans to change the system to include more freedom and democracy. Iran's "reform era" is sometimes said to have lasted from 1997 to 2005: the length of Khatami's two terms in office.

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