{"id":634,"date":"2025-08-18T01:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/about-us1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:54:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"634\" class=\"elementor elementor-634 elementor-22\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be97ce5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be97ce5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce831e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce831e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Mehr<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac9bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fac9bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mehr is a non-partisan movement that was formed with the aim of creating a new political discourse based on Iranian values \u200b\u200band humanitarian principles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f909ae5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f909ae5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81eb524 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81eb524\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6994ee5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6994ee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a political Mehr?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3a83d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b3a83d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:101:16\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"101\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">Mehr is a political vision rooted in the ancient Iranian principle of Mehr\u2014a covenant of care, truth, and justice that once bound societies together. At its foundation, Mehr is based on the belief that human dignity, trust, and responsibility constitute the true foundation of a just society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e37a910 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e37a910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f8af9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74f8af9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e49a2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8e49a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why does it matter?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea9488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dea9488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:101:16\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"101\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">Our world faces profound crises of governance: corruption, inequality, and the abuse of wealth and power. Political charity offers a different path. This approach seeks to separate wealth from executive power, empower local communities to govern themselves, and build institutions based on fairness and moral responsibility, not domination and coercion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad7c33b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ad7c33b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e873d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35e873d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe93739 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe93739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is behind this effort?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-060fb59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"060fb59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:101:16\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"101\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">This movement is led by researchers, entrepreneurs, and citizens who believe that the future of Iran\u2014and the future of humanity\u2014depends on recovering the spirit of love.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ae024 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c6ae024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15af815 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15af815\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b07c7e3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b07c7e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are you invited to do?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c46ca7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c46ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:101:16\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"101\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">It is not a political party, nor an ideology, but a shared framework for rethinking how societies can flourish. We invite you to explore these ideas, ask questions, add your own perspectives, and help shape a vision of governance that serves the people, not the power.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526aeab elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"526aeab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-015ba64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"015ba64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb7d91c elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"eb7d91c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-book-open\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M542.22 32.05c-54.8 3.11-163.72 14.43-230.96 55.59-4.64 2.84-7.27 7.89-7.27 13.17v363.87c0 11.55 12.63 18.85 23.28 13.49 69.18-34.82 169.23-44.32 218.7-46.92 16.89-.89 30.02-14.43 30.02-30.66V62.75c.01-17.71-15.35-31.74-33.77-30.7zM264.73 87.64C197.5 46.48 88.58 35.17 33.78 32.05 15.36 31.01 0 45.04 0 62.75V400.6c0 16.24 13.13 29.78 30.02 30.66 49.49 2.6 149.59 12.11 218.77 46.95 10.62 5.35 23.21-1.94 23.21-13.46V100.63c0-5.29-2.62-10.14-7.27-12.99z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db12597 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db12597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548b761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"548b761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:116:14\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"116\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">The Cosmology of Love and The Political Guide to Love offer a new way of thinking about governance. They show how modern political systems\u2014often built on violence, coercion, and the concentration of power\u2014have led to social collapse and disillusionment.<\/p><p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:123:14\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"123\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">Against this trend, these books rediscover the ancient covenant of mercy and transform it into a new blueprint for institutions committed to truth, justice, and care.<\/p><p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:130:14\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"130\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">Rather than presenting another ideology or political party, these books invite readers into a framework: a way to separate wealth from power, foster local participatory governance, and build communities in which citizens are bound together by responsibility, not dominance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c223e3d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c223e3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735ac1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"735ac1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a27c9f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a27c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7f6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e7f6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:151:18\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"151\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">Kamal Azari is a writer, entrepreneur, and founder of the Hope Axis Project. Drawing on Iranian intellectual traditions and global experiences, he has worked for decades at the intersection of society, governance, and entrepreneurship.<\/p><p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:158:18\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"158\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">His works blend history, political theory, and lived experience to imagine a future beyond corruption and domination.<\/p><p data-lov-id=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx:165:18\" data-lov-name=\"p\" data-component-path=\"src\/pages\/About.tsx\" data-component-line=\"165\" data-component-file=\"About.tsx\" data-component-name=\"p\" data-component-content=\"%7B%7D\">Azari\u2019s perspective is rooted in both knowledge and practical experience: from building businesses and social institutions in California to designing frameworks for civic renewal in Iran. With Mehr\u2019s Cosmology and Mehr\u2019s Political Guide, he seeks to offer not just a critique but a way forward\u2014a way to reconnect ancient moral codes with modern governance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba7aa9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ba7aa9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ca10b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33ca10b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mehr-2-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-564\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mehr-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mehr-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mehr-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mehr-2.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62cb8d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62cb8d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aae5b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aae5b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Join us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d0f90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50d0f90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you also believe in a better future for Iran, join us on this path.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfef3b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dfef3b6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b628c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1b628c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-shrink\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/en\/the-philosophy-of-mehr\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read our philosophy.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1743f2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1743f2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-shrink\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalmehr.com\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Mehr Mehr is a non-partisan movement that was formed with the aim of creating a new political discourse based on Iranian values \u200b\u200band humanitarian principles. 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