# Islamic City Council of Tehran

The Islamic City Council of Tehran (Persian: شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the Municipality of Tehran.
The council is composed of twenty one members elected on a plurality-at-large voting basis 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).

## History

The 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. Baladieh, or the modern municipality in Iran was established in 1910, to cope with the growing need for the transformation of Tehran's city structures.
After the First World War, Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, immediately suspended the "Ghanoon-e Baladieh" of 1907 and the decentralized and autonomous city councils were replaced by centralist/sectoralist approaches of governance and planning.

## Chairpersons

| No. | Term | Chairman | Affiliation | Term of office | Vice Chairman | Affiliation | Term of office |
| 1 | 1st | Abdollah Noori | Combatant Clerics | April 1999 — September 1999 | Saeed Hajjarian | Participation Front | April 1999 — February 2002 |
| 2 | 1st | Abbas Douzdouzani | Participation Front | September 1999 — December 1999 | Saeed Hajjarian | Participation Front | April 1999 — February 2002 |
| 3 | 1st | Rahmatollah Khosravi | Forces of Imam's Line | December 1999 — May 2001 | Saeed Hajjarian | Participation Front | April 1999 — February 2002 |
| 4 | 1st | Mohammad Atrianfar | Executives of Construction | May 2001 — January 2003 | Saeed Hajjarian | Participation Front | April 1999 — February 2002 |
| 4 | 1st | Mohammad Atrianfar | Executives of Construction | May 2001 — January 2003 | Ebrahim Asgharzadeh | Solidarity Party | February 2002 — January 2003 |
| 5 | 2nd | Mehdi Chamran | Alliance of Builders | April 2003 — September 2013 | Hassan Bayadi | Alliance of Builders | April 2003 — September 2013 |
| 5 | 3rd | Mehdi Chamran | Alliance of Builders | April 2003 — September 2013 | Hassan Bayadi | Alliance of Builders | April 2003 — September 2013 |
| 6 | 4th | Ahmad Masjed-Jamei | Non-partisan Reformist | September 2013 — September 2014 | Morteza Talaie | Progress and Justice Population | September 2013 — August 2017 |
| (5) | 4th | Mehdi Chamran | Non-partisan Principlist | September 2014 — August 2017 | Morteza Talaie | Progress and Justice Population | September 2013 — August 2017 |
| pro tem | 5th | Morteza Alviri | Executives of Construction | May — August 2017 | Ahmad Masjed-Jamei | Non-partisan Reformist | May — August 2017 |
| 7 | 5th | Mohsen Hashemi | Executives of Construction | August 2017 — August 2021 | Ebrahim Amini | National Trust Party | August 2017 — August 2021 |
| (5) | 6th | Mehdi Chamran | Non-partisan Principlist | August 2021 — Present | Parviz Sorouri | Society of Pathseekers | August 2021 — Present |

## Composition
### Election results

Make-up of Tehran City Council :
| Faction | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Faction | 1999 | 2003 | 2006 | 2013 | 2017 | 2021 |
| Reformists | 15 / 15 | 0 / 15 | 4 / 15 | 13 / 31 | 21 / 21 | 0 / 21 |
| Principlists | 0 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 10 / 15 | 18 / 31 | 0 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
| Independent | 0 / 15 | 1 / 15 | 1 / 15 | 2 / 31 | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 |
| Nationalist-Religious | — | 0 / 15 | — | — | — | — |

### Timeline

| No. | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| 1 | 1999-04-29 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 2000-01-03 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 2003-01-15 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | 2003-04-29 | I | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | 2006-12-06 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2007-04-29 | R | R | R | R | I | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2009-02-07 | R | R | R | R | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2013-06-06 | R | R | R | I | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2013-08-25 | R | R | I | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 2013-09-03 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | I | D | I | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| 4 | 2013-09-08 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | I | D | I | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5 | 2017-08-23 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | 2021-08-05 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 New term's mandate started. ↑ Three members –Abdollah Nouri (R), Jamileh Kadivar (R) and Mohammad Gharazi (R)– resigned and were replaced by alternative members Mohammad-Hossein Haghighi (R), Amir Abedini (I) and Mansour Razavi (R). ↑ The council was dissolved by the Ministry of Interior ↑ Rasoul Khadem who won a seat without conservative endorsement, was included in their list for 2006 election. ↑ Third term's mandate was extended for two additional years by the Parliament. ↑ Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran was officially established and Alireza Dabir who won a seat without conservative endorsement joined it. ↑ Hadi Saei who won a seat with reformist endorsement was not included in their list for 2013 election. ↑ Mohammad-Ali Najafi (R) resigned and was replaced by alternative member Abdolmoghim Nasehi (C). 1 2 Ahmad Donyamali won a seat with endorsement from both reformists and conservatives. Donyamali was a member of the reformist fraction for the last three years but voted independently. ↑ Elaheh Rastgou who won a seat with reformist endorsement, switched her allegiance to the conservatives. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

## Mayors elected

| # | Mayor elected | Votes | Year | Term |
| 1 | Morteza Alviri | 15 / 15(100%) | 1999 | 1st |
| 2 | Mohammad Hassan Malekmadani | 12 / 15(80%) | 2002 | 1st |
| 3 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 12 / 15(80%) | 2003 | 2nd |
| 4 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 8 / 15(53%) | 2005 | 2nd |
| 4 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 8 / 15(53%) | 2007 | 3rd |
| 4 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 16 / 31(52%) | 2013 | 4th |
| 5 | Mohammad-Ali Najafi | 21 / 21(100%) | 2017 | 5th |
| 6 | Mohammad-Ali Afshani | 19 / 21(90%) | 2018 | 5th |
| 7 | Pirouz Hanachi | 11 / 21(52%) | 2018 | 5th |
| 8 | Alireza Zakani | 18 / 21(86%) | 2021 | 6th |