n RAIS, chairman];
Prosperous Justice Party or PKS [MAHFUD, acting chairman]; United
Development Party or PPP [Hamzah HAZ, chairman]

Iran
formal political parties are a relatively new phenomenon in the
Islamic Republic and most conservatives still prefer to work through
political pressure groups rather than parties; a loose pro-reform
coalition called the 2nd Khordad front, which includes political
parties as well as less formal pressure groups and organizations,
achieved considerable success at elections to the sixth Majles in
early 2000; groups in the coalition include: Islamic Iran
Participation Front (IIPF); Executives of Construction Party
(Kargozaran); Solidarity Party; Islamic Labor Party; Mardom Salari;
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (MIRO); and
Militant Clerics Society (Ruhaniyun); the coalition is expected to
participate in the seventh Majles elections in early 2004; a new
apparently conservative group, the Builders of Islamic Iran, took a
leading position in the new Majles afte winning a majority of the
seats in February 2004

Iraq
note - the Iraqi political parties included below reflect only
the major groups; new political parties continue to emerge,
indicative of a rapidly changing political landscape; Al-Sadr
Movement [Muqtada Al-SADR]; Da'wa Party [Ibrahim al-JA'FARI]; Iraqi
Hizballah [Karim Mahud al-MUHAMMADAWI]; Iraqi National Accord or INA
[Ayad ALLAWI]; Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad CHALABI];
Jama'at al Fadilah or JAF [Ayatollah Muhammad ' Ali al-YAQUBI]; The
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq or SCIRI [Abd
al-Aziz al-HAKIM]; Constitutional Monarchy Movement or CMM [Sharif
Ali Bin al-HUSAYN]; Independent Iraqi Alliance or IIA [Falah
al-NAQIB]; Iraqi Independent Democrats or IID [Adnan PACHACHI, Mahdi
al-HAFIZ]; Iraqi Islamic Party or IIP [Muhsin Abd al-HAMID, Hajim
al-HASSANI]; Iraqi National Unity Movement or INUM [Ahmad
al-KUBAYSI, chariman]; Muslim Ulama Council or MUC [Harith Sulayman
al-DARI, secretary general]; Kurdistan Democratic Party or KDP
[Masud BARZANI]; Patriotic Union of Kurdistan or PUK [Jalal TALABANI]

Ireland
Fianna Fail [Bertie AHERN]; Fine Gael [Enda KENNY]; Green
Party [Trevor SARGENT]; Labor Party [Pat RABITTE]; Progressive
Democrats [Mary HARNEY]; Sinn Fein [Gerry ADAMS]; Socialist Party
[Joe HIGGINS]; The Workers' Party [Sean GARLAND]

Israel
Democra