Tehran City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 4 years [1] |
History | |
Founded | 1968 [2] |
Disbanded | 11 February 1979 |
Succeeded by | Islamic City Council of Tehran |
Structure | |
Seats | 30 |
Committees |
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Elections | |
First election | 1968 |
Last election | 1976 |
Tehran City Council ( Persian: انجمن شهر تهران, romanized: anjoman-e šahr-e teḥrān) was the directly elected city council of Tehran and the first such institution to convene in Iran, serving as a model for other city councils in the country. [1] It formalized selection of Mayor of Tehran, designated by the Ministry of Interior. The council had 30 members and 12 committees each with 5 members, with each member able to chair up to two. [1] The members met once per week in an open session attended by the mayor and journalists. [1]
The council suffered from the weakness of democratic accountability, lack of administrational and financial autonomy and limited scope of authority. [3]
The last elections to the council took place in 1976 and it was abolished in 1979 when the Iranian Revolution took place. [4]