Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis

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Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis
Constituency
for the Islamic Consultative Assembly
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Constituency highlighted in Tehran Province
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Location of Tehran Province in Iran
ProvinceTehran
County
Current constituency
Created1906; 116 years ago (1906)
Seats30

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis[1] (Persian: تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite cities.

It has 30 seats, the most among all constituencies nationwide[1] and plays an outsized role in shaping politics nationally, having been described as a "bellwether for elite sentiment in Iran".[2] The constituency's seats have been the most prestigious in the country because it includes the country's capital city, and has had lively press and voters.[3]

Current MPs[]

# Name Faction Party
1 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Conservative Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
2 Mostafa Mir-Salim Conservative Islamic Coalition Party
3 Morteza Aghatehrani Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
4 Elias Naderan Conservative Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
5 Conservative
6 Mahmoud Nabavian Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
7 Conservative
8 Conservative
9 Conservative
10 Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
11 Conservative Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
12 Mohsen Pirhadi Conservative Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
13 Conservative
14 Conservative
15 Abdolhossein Rouhalamini Conservative Development and Justice Party
16 Conservative
17 Zohreh Elahian Conservative Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
18 Conservative Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
19 Conservative
20 Reza Taghavi Conservative Combatant Clergy Association
21 Conservative
22 Conservative Islamic Coalition Party
23 Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
24 Reza Taghipour Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
25 Conservative Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
26 Conservative
27 Zohreh Lajevardi Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
28 Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
29 Conservative
30 Esmaeil Kousari Conservative Front of Islamic Revolution Stability

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780815654322.
  2. ^ Mohseni, Payam (December 2016), "The 2016 Iranian Parliamentary ElectionsAnd the Future of Domestic Politics under the JCPOA" (PDF), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Report), Harvard Kennedy School, p. 38
  3. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations, New York: New Press, The, p. 32, ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5

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