MNA Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, the eldest son of the late former President Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, won the maximum votes to be the head of Tehrans new City Council on Wednesday. Following the elections of Tehran City Council on Wednesday, all members-elect of the Iranian capitals City Council voted for the presidency of Hashemi Rafsanjani,...

Tasnim The new members of the City Council of Tehran on Thursday singled out Mohammad Ali Najafi as the final pick to take over the position of mayor. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Morteza Alviri, a member of the new City Council, said Najafi has been chosen as the final nominee for the post of Tehran Mayor with the unanimous vote of the ...

[caption id="attachment_124585" align="alignright" width="163"] Mr. Chamran, Chairman of Tehran City Council[/caption] TEHRAN On 1st November 2014, World Cities Day was celebrated in I.R.Iran like many other countries with the theme Better City, Better life, Leading Urban Transformations. The UN-Habitat office in Tehran celebrated this event jointly ...

Mehdi Chamran, the chairman of Tehran City Council, has expressed his opposition to the new move by Parliament to have the mayors of larger cities chosen by popular vote. Chamran endorsed the current system of having mayors selected by the various city and municipal councils, adding that all of the 120,000 members of Iranian municipal councils oppose ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Tehrans City Council voiced preparedness to help Qatar in preparation work for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, due to be held in the Arab country. If the Qataris ask, we will be ready to help them in the technical and engineering fields for the 2022 World Cup, Tehrans City Council Chairman Mahdi Chamran said on Wednesday. He made ...

The head of Tehran City Council says the money budgeted for building new mosques in the capital should be used to restore the city's historical mosques. Ahmad Masjed Jamei told reporters on Friday July 35, following a week-long tour of Tehrans historic buildings, that the budget for the four-year plan to build 400 new mosques would be better used ...