The World Assembly of Islamic Awakening possesses[4][5][6][7] 40 members,[8][9] and was established[10][11] simultaneously with the wave of Islamic awakening began in Tehran; with the goal of "preventing regional developments from deviating from their path" and "unity of the Islamic Ummah and rapprochement between religions", in addition to "transparency/information/confrontation with anti-Islamic currents" that seek to challenge the Islamic awakening.[12][13][14][15]