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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The second [1] local elections in Iran, and the first to elect the members of provincial and township councils (Anjoman), were held in September 1970. [2] 960 seats for 150 councils were up for election. [2]
The elections for City and Village Councils of Iran were held on 26 February 1999, for the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran to elect some 200,000 seats. [2] Though many sources consider the elections the first local elections since the Iranian Revolution , two decade earlier 1979 local elections took place in a more ...
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 .
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.
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