^Reformists have not officially announced the number of the members affiliated with their own Hope fraction. 103 is number of the members of the parliament who voted for Mohammad Reza Aref for the interim speaker of the parliament in 2016.[8]
^In all, reformist-backed candidates won 52 seats in the elections, however, not all of them are reformists.[10] According to Hossein Mousavian, the centrist/reformist share is 19 percent of the seats.[11]
^Badamchi, Meysam. Post-Islamist Political Theory: Iranian Intellectuals and Political Liberalism in Dialogue. Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 5. Springer. 2017: 3. ISBN 9783319594927.
^Mohseni, Payam. Factionalism, Privatization, and the Political economy of regime transformation. Brumberg, Daniel; Farhi, Farideh (编). Power and Change in Iran: Politics of Contention and Conciliation. Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Indiana University Press. 2016: 201–204.
^ 6.06.1Ahmad Ashraf and Ali Banuazizi, Iran's Tortuous Path Toward "Islamic Liberalism", International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 2001, 15 (2): 237–256, doi:10.1023/A:1012921001777