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Tehran City Council (1968–1979)

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Tehran City Council during the Pahlavi period
Tehran City Council
Type
TypeUnicameral
Term limits4 years
History
Founded1968
Disbanded11 February 1979 (1979-02-11)
Succeeded byIslamic City Council of Tehran
Structure
Seats30
Committees
  • Financial Affairs
  • Budget and Organization of the Municipality
  • Town Planning and Reconstruction
  • Urban Taxes
  • Public Hygiene
  • Daily Needs
  • Guild Affairs
  • Urban Services
  • General and Physical Education
  • Legal Affairs
  • Liaison with Neighborhood Councils
Elections
First election1968
Last election1976

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. 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. The members met once per week in an open session attended by the mayor and journalists.

The council suffered from the weakness of democratic accountability, lack of administrational and financial autonomy and limited scope of authority.

The last elections to the council took place in 1976 and it was abolished in 1979 when the Iranian Revolution took place.

References

  1. ^ Ḥosayn Farhūdī (15 December 1991). "CITY COUNCILS". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. V. pp. 646–648.
  2. H. E. Chehabi (1998). "The Pahlavi period". Iranian Studies. 31 (3–4): 498. doi:10.1080/00210869808701927.
  3. Hans-Liudger Dienel; M. Reza Shirazi; Sabine Schröder; Jenny Schmithals (2017), Citizens' Participation in Urban Planning and Development in Iran, Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 978-1-317-16588-0
  4. Ali Madanipour (1998), Tehran: The Making of a Metropolis, John Wiley & Sons, p. 68, ISBN 978-0-471-95779-9
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