City Council of Tehran

Tehran City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Mehdi Chamran since April 1, 2003
Deputy Chairman	Alireza Dabir since January 25, 2007
Members	15
Elections
Voting system	Single-member districts
Last election	December 15, 2006
Meeting place
City Council Building Mellat Street Tehran
Website
Tehran City Council Website

The City Council of Tehran (Persian: شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the Mayor of Tehran, and budgets of the Municipality of Tehran.

The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting in odd-numbered years.

It holds regular meetings on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 am (except on holidays or if decided by special resolution not to meet).

Current members

Officers:

• Chairman of Council: Mehdi Chamran
• Deputy Chairman of Council: Alireza Dabir
• Leader of Miniority: Masoumeh Ebtekar

District	Name	Votes
1	Mehdi Chamran	603,766
2	Morteza Talaie	539,761
3	Rasoul Khadem	427,097
4	Abbas Sheibani	394,457
5	Hadi Saei	384,358
6	Hamzeh Shakib	330,233
7	Alireza Dabir	306,729
8	Parvin Ahmadinejad	242,501
9	Masoumeh Ebtekar	232,959
10	Ahmad Masjed-Jamei	216,015
11	Mohammad Ali Najafi	215,780
12	Masoume Abad	201,111
13	1Hassan Bayadi	190,004
14	Khosrow Daneshjoo	176,613
15	Habib Kashani	133,339

Results were announced on February 11, 2007. Returns from a total of 1,656,558 ballots canvassed from 3,185 ballot boxes all over the city show the following candidates with the highest number of votes

Past members

Main article: List of members of City Council of Tehran

See also

• Tehran
• Mayor of Tehran

External links

• Islamic City Council of Tehran, the council's website (in Persian)

References