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The '''Green Party of Iran''' (GPI; {{langx|fa|حزب سبزهای ایران|Hezb-e Sabzhā-ye Irān}}) is a [[Green politics|Green]] political party dissident to Iran's [[Government of Islamic Republic of Iran|Islamic Republic government]].<ref>{{citation|title=Environment and Politics|author=Timothy Doyle |author2=Doug McEachern |publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=978-1-134-17966-4|page=167}}</ref>

The '''Green Party of Iran''' (GPI; {{langx|fa|حزب سبزهای ایران|Hezb-e Sabzhā-ye Irān}}) is a [[Green politics|Green]] political party dissident to Iran's [[Government of Islamic Republic of Iran|Islamic Republic government]].<ref>{{citation|title=Environment and Politics|author=Timothy Doyle |author2=Doug McEachern |publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=978-1-134-17966-4|page=167}}</ref>

A banned party without any physical presence in Iran, it has a radical stance towards [[Department of Environment (Iran)|Iranian Department of Environment]] and considers it a "''façade'' of environmental concern for the benefit of international observers", arguing that it "covers up environmental disasters of the state".<ref name="R"/> It is an exception to the Iranian environmentalist movement, in which most of organizations and NGOs are tolerated, and sometimes encouraged by the government.<ref name="R"/>

The party is banned in Iran, and does not have a presence in the country. It has a radical stance towards [[Department of Environment (Iran)|Iranian Department of Environment]] and considers it a "''façade'' of environmental concern for the benefit of international observers", arguing that it "covers up environmental disasters of the state".<ref name="R"/> It is an exception to the Iranian environmentalist movement, in which most of organizations and NGOs are tolerated, and sometimes encouraged by the government.<ref name="R"/>

The party was founded in [[California]], U.S. as a "professional Iranian expatriate opposition"<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/arbeitspapiere/PoschGreenStruggle.ks.pdf|title=A Last Chance for Iran's Reformists? The 'Green Struggle' Reconsidered|author=Walter Posch |publisher=Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik|date=June 2010|id=FG6-WP No. 2/2010}}</ref> and was reportedly based in [[Canada]] as of 1999.<ref>{{citation|title=Iran Report|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/1342949.html|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=15 May 2017|date=18 October 1999|number=41|volume=2|author=Bill Samii}}</ref> As of 2014, it is based in [[Germany]].<ref>{{citation|title=In Berlin, Al Quds Day marchers steer clear of anti-Semitism|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-berlin-al-quds-day-marchers-steer-clear-of-anti-semitism/|publisher=The Times of Israel|access-date=15 May 2017|date=26 July 2014|author= Micki Weinberg}}</ref> German-Iranian Dr. Kazem Moussavi is the spokesman and leader of the group.<ref>{{citation|title=Outrage Over German City’s Partnership With Iran’s Esfahan |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202308028564|publisher=Iranintl|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jurgen Baetz |author2=Albert Aji |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ap-interview-german-iran-fears-latest-sanctions-2010aug09-story.html|title=German: Iran fears latest sanctions|agency=Associated Press|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=9 August 2010|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/artc-iranian-dissidents-and-pro-israel-activists-call-to-terminate-german-iranian-twin-city-partnership|title=Iranian dissidents and pro-Israel activists call to terminate German-Iranian twin city partnership|agency=i24News}}</ref>

The party was founded in [[California]], U.S. as a "professional Iranian expatriate opposition"<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/arbeitspapiere/PoschGreenStruggle.ks.pdf|title=A Last Chance for Iran's Reformists? The 'Green Struggle' Reconsidered|author=Walter Posch |publisher=Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik|date=June 2010|id=FG6-WP No. 2/2010}}</ref> and was reportedly based in [[Canada]] as of 1999.<ref>{{citation|title=Iran Report|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/1342949.html|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=15 May 2017|date=18 October 1999|number=41|volume=2|author=Bill Samii}}</ref> As of 2014, it is based in [[Germany]].<ref>{{citation|title=In Berlin, Al Quds Day marchers steer clear of anti-Semitism|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-berlin-al-quds-day-marchers-steer-clear-of-anti-semitism/|publisher=The Times of Israel|access-date=15 May 2017|date=26 July 2014|author= Micki Weinberg}}</ref> German-Iranian Dr. Kazem Moussavi is the spokesman and leader of the group.<ref>{{citation|title=Outrage Over German City’s Partnership With Iran’s Esfahan |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202308028564|publisher=Iranintl|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jurgen Baetz |author2=Albert Aji |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ap-interview-german-iran-fears-latest-sanctions-2010aug09-story.html|title=German: Iran fears latest sanctions|agency=Associated Press|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=9 August 2010|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/artc-iranian-dissidents-and-pro-israel-activists-call-to-terminate-german-iranian-twin-city-partnership|title=Iranian dissidents and pro-Israel activists call to terminate German-Iranian twin city partnership|agency=i24News}}</ref>