Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت | |
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| President | Mehrdad Bazrpash |
| Spokesperson | Mohammad-Ali Ramin |
| Founded | 2006[1] |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Split from | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran[1] |
| Succeeded by | |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Ideology | Populism Fundamentalism |
| Political position | Right-wing tofar-right |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists[1] |
| Alliance | United Front of Principlists (2008) |
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TheCoalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude,[5] theSweet Scent of Servitude[6] or theJoyful Essence of Obedience[7] (Persian:ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت) was aprinciplistpolitical group inIran that supportedMahmoud Ahmadinejad andhis government.
The group was founded a few months before the2006 Iranian local elections, and was able to win seats in severalCity and Village Councils of Iran. They had no candidates inIlam,Sari,Kerman,Gorgan andKhorramabad. According toFars News Agency, the results were as follows:[8][9]
| City | Seats won |
|---|---|
| Tehran | 3 / 15 (20%) |
| Ardabil | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Urmia | 1 / 9 (11%) |
| Isfahan | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Arak | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Bushehr | 1 / 7 (14%) |
| Kermanshah | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Bandar Abbas | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Tabriz | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Bojnurd | 2 / 7 (29%) |
| Birjand | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Hamedan | 4 / 9 (44%) |
| Yasuj | 1 / 7 (14%) |
| Yazd | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Rasht | 1 / 9 (11%) |
| Mashhad | 3 / 11 (27%) |
| Shiraz | 2 / 11 (18%) |
| Zanjan | 2 / 9 (22%) |
| Semnan | 3 / 7 (43%) |
| Sanandaj | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Qom | 3 / 9 (33%) |
| Qazvin | 0 / 9 (0%) |
| Shahrekord | 0 / 9 (0%) |
| Zahedan | 0 / 9 (0%) |
They competed in the2008 Iranian legislative election as part ofUnited Front of Conservatives.[10] After the elections, their winning candidates formed a newParliamentary group named "Islamic Revolution", claiming to have 90 members.[1]
In 2010, some reports indicated a dispute inside the group,[1] and in the2012 Iranian legislative election, some members formedStability Front, claiming not to support the followers ofAhmadinejad.[5] Another newly formed group calledMonotheism and Justice Front, was linked toEsfandiar Rahim Mashaei andMahmoud Ahmadinejad.[11]
