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The Islamic Councils (Persian: شوراهای اسلامی), formerly known as the Provincial Societies (Persian: انجمنهای ایالتی و ولایتی, romanized: anjoman-ha-ye ayalati va velayati) [1] are local councils which are elected by public vote in all cities and villages throughout Iran. Council members in each city or ...
The Iranian local elections took place on 14 June 2013 to elected members of the fourth council of the City and Village Councils of Iran. [2] This election was held by a general election with the presidential election. The original date of the election was in June 2010 but Parliament of Iran voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 ...
There has been a controversy around the reelection of Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian municipal councillor in Yazd, as there was no clear legislation on the matter."On April 15, about one month before Iran’s local and presidential elections", Ahmad Jannati, head of the Guardian Council, had "issued a directive demanding that non-Muslims be disqualified from running in the then-upcoming city ...
Iran elects on a national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens.
It was a move to address the importance of the local councils raised by the revolutionaries [1] and to replace the councils with those existing since the Pahlavi dynasty. [2] Kian Tajbakhsh argues that the councils were put on hold on fears of separatist aspirations, mainly because of eruptions of armed conflict in the provinces amidst Iran ...
Persian Constitutional Revolution passed a law on local governance known as "Ghanoon-e Baladieh". The second and third articles of the law, on "anjoman-e baladieh", or the city council, provide a detailed outline on issues such as the role of the councils in the city, the members' qualifications, the election process, and the requirements to be entitled to vote.
The Iranian City and Village Councils election of 2006 took place on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for City and Village Councils , who in their turn elected the mayors. The elections happened on the same day as the election for the Assembly of Experts .
City councils in Iran (6 P) L. Local elections in Iran (1 C, 10 P) Logotypes of municipalities in Iran (20 F)