| Islamic City Council of Tehran | |
| Coa Pic: | Islamic City Council of Tehran logo.png |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Term Limits: | 4 years[1] |
| Legislature: | Local council of Greater Tehran |
| Preceded By: | Anjoman-e-Shahr |
| Authority: | Tehran, Rey, Tajrish |
| Leader1 Type: | Chairman |
| Election1: | 5 August 2021 |
| Leader2: | Parviz Sorouri |
| Election2: | 5 August 2021 |
| Leader3 Type: | 1st Secretary |
| Leader3: | Jafar Bandi Sharabiani |
| Election3: | 5 August 2021 |
| Leader4 Type: | 2nd Secretary |
| Leader4: | Sodeh Najafi |
| Election4: | 5 August 2021 |
| Leader5 Type: | Spokesperson |
| Leader5: | Alireza Nadali |
| Election5: | 22 August 2021 |
| Leader6 Type: | Treasurer |
| Leader6: | Habib Kashani |
| Election6: | 21 September 2021 |
| First Election1: | 26 February 1999 |
| Last Election1: | 18 June 2021 |
| New Session: | 5 August 2021 |
| Session Room: | City Council of Tehran, 17 September 2015.jpg |
| Session Res: | 200px |
| Members: | 21 |
| Meeting Place: | City Council Building Behesht Street Tehran |
| Website: | Tehran City Council Website |
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).
See also: Tehran City Council (1968–1979). 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.[2]
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.[2]
See main article: List of members of City Council of Tehran.
| Seats | ||||||
| 1999[3] | 2003 | 2006[4] | 2013[5] | 2017[6] | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reformists | ||||||
| Conservatives | ||||||
| Independent | ||||||
| Nationalist-Religious |
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| 1 | 1999-04-29 | R | colspan="16" rowspan="9" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-01-03 | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003-01-15 | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2003-04-29 | I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-12-06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2007-04-29 | R | I | C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-02-07 | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-06-06 | R | I | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-08-25 | R | I | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2013-09-03 | R | I | D | I | C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-09-08 | R | I | D | I | C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2017-08-23 | R | colspan="10" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2021-08-05 | C | colspan="10" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mayor elected | Votes | Year | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | 1st | |||
| 2 | 2002 | ||||
| 3 | 2003 | 2nd | |||
| 4 | align=left rowspan=3 | 2005 | |||
| 2007 | 3rd | ||||
| 2013 | 4th | ||||
| 5 | Mohammad-Ali Najafi | 2017 | 5th | ||
| 6 | Mohammad-Ali Afshani | 2018 | |||
| 7 | Pirouz Hanachi | 2018 | |||
| 8 | Alireza Zakani | 2021 | 6th |