The Guardian Council is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Islamic Consultative Assembly,also called the Iranian Parliament,the Iranian Majles or ICA,is the national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives,an increase from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election.
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar is an Iranian principlist politician who was member of the Parliament of Iran for 28 years. He is also secretary general of Islamic Society of Engineers and the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Ali Ardeshir Larijani is an Iranian moderate politician,philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. He has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2020,having previously served from 1997 to 2008. Larijani is a candidate for president of Iran in the 2024 presidential election. He previously ran in 2005,but was disqualified from running in 2021.
Mehdi Karroubi is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party. Following 2009–2010 Iranian election protests,Karroubi was put under house arrest in February 2011. As of 2021,he is still confined to his house.
Mohammad Yazdi was an Iranian conservative and principlist cleric who served as the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999. In 2015,he was elected to lead Iran's Assembly of Experts,defeating Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,a former president,by a vote count of 47 to 24.
Ahmad Jannati is an Iranian conservative politician. Jannati is known for his anti-LGBT rhetoric and opposition to secularism. He is also a founding member of the Haghani school of thought.
Masoud Pezeshkian is an Iranian politician and former cardiac surgeon,who serves as the ninth and current president of Iran since 28 July 2024. He previously represented Tabriz,Osku and Azarshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran,from 2008 to 2024 and served as its First Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2020. He was Minister of Health and Medical Education between 2001 and 2005 in the Government of Mohammad Khatami.
Etemad or Etemaad is a Persian-language reformist newspaper based in Iran that is published in Tehran. It is managed by Elias Hazrati,who was representative from Rasht and Tehran in the Parliament of Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi is an Iranian politician and was the former minister of science and technology in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct,popular vote,although the President carries out the decrees,and answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran,who functions as the country's head of state. Chapter IX of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran sets forth the qualifications for presidential candidates. Powers of the presidency include signing treaties and other agreements with foreign countries and international organizations,with Supreme Leader's approval;administering national planning,budget,and state employment affairs,as decreed by the Supreme Leader. The President also appoints the ministers,subject to the approval of Parliament.
Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He is also a sharia lawyer ("Wakil"),academic,former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He served as a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts from 1999 to 2024. He was a member of the Expediency Council from 1991 to 2013,and also was a member of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2021. Rouhani was deputy speaker of the fourth and fifth terms of the Parliament of Iran (Majlis) and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005. In the latter capacity,he was the country's top negotiator with the EU three,UK,France,and Germany,on nuclear technology in Iran,and has also served as a Shia mujtahid,and economic trade negotiator.
Hassan Sobahni is a Tehran University Professor of Economics,specifically Islamic Economy,Finance and Monetary Systems.
The Ab Malakh waterfalls is a set of waterfalls in Ab Malakh,near the village of Ab Malakh in Padena-ye Sofla Rural District,Padena District,Semirom County,Isfahan Province,Iran. According to local legend,the waterfalls have water which can be used to kill Locusts due to the chemical contents of the water.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for all seats in the 10th parliament in the Islamic Republic era and the 34th since the Persian Constitutional Revolution. A second round was held on 29 April 2016 for some constituencies where candidates failed to obtain the required minimum 25 percent of votes cast. The elected MPs served from 28 May 2016 to 27 May 2020.
Ali Reza Mahjoub is an Iranian reformist politician,trade unionist and workers' rights activist who was a member of the Iranian Parliament and head of its "Worker fraction". He is Secretary-General of Worker House,as well as member of Islamic Labour Party's central committee. He was founder of Islamic Republican Party's worker wing in 1980s. Mahjoub holds a B.A. in History from University of Tehran.
Astara is an electoral district in the Gilan Province in Iran. This electoral district has 86,575 population and elects 1 member of parliament.
Soheila Jolodarzadeh is an Iranian reformist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran,Rey,Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district. Jolodarzadeh is the first woman to be elected as a "Secretary of the Board of Parliament of Iran" in the history of Islamic Republic.
Albert Koochooei is an Iranian writer,journalist,translator and radio broadcaster.
