Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran
The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran is a political alliance of political parties and advocacy groups, mostly underground or exiled, which campaigns for the replacement of the current Islamist government system in Iran with a secular, democratic, federal government.[1] It has also called for antipersonnel landmines to be banned in Iran.[2] Many of the member groups are concurrent advocates for the rights or self-determination of non-Persian Iranians, including Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, and Baloch.[3]
The organization grew out of a conference held in London on 20 February 2005.[4]
The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran, CNFI, held a conference in Frankfurt, Germany in 2016. The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for democratic dialogue, as well as to promote consensus on strategic issues related to the future of Iran.[5]
Member organizations
- Azerbaijan Cultural Society
- Balochistan National Movement – Iran
- Balochistan People's Party
- Balochistan United Front of Iran
- Organisation of Kurmanj People (The Kurds in the region of North of Khorasan)
- Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
- Democratic Solidarity Party of al-Ahwaz
- Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
- Organization for Defence of the Rights of Turkmen People
- Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement
- National Movement of Iranian Turkmenistan
- Azerbaijan Diplomatic Mission
- Party of United Lurestan and Bakhtiari
- Southern Azerbaijan Diplomatic Commission
- Turkmen National Democratic Movement
- Kurdistan Freedom Party
References
- Bíró, Anna-Mária (2018). Populism, Memory and Minority Rights: Central Eastern European Issues in Global Perspective. BRILL. p. 360. ISBN 9789004386426.
- Landmine Monitor 2009. Monitor. 2009. p. 945. ISBN 9780973895551.
- Sabahi, Farian (2013). "Iran, Iranian Media and Sunnite Islam". In Maréchal, Brigitte; Zemni, Sami (eds.). The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships: Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media. Hurst Publishers. pp. 163–178. ISBN 9781849042178.
- Stansfield, Gareth; Shareef, Mohammed (2017). The Kurdish Question Revisited. Oxford University Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780190687175.
- "Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran Held a Conference in Germany". Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2023-08-04.