Iranian Parliament religious minority reserved seats

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There are five reserved seats in the Iranian Parliament for the religious minorities. After the Persian Constitutional Revolution, the Constitution of 1906 provided for reserved parliamentary seats granted to the recognized religious minorities, a provision maintained after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. There are two seats for Armenians and one for each other minority: Assyrians, Jews and Zoroastrians. [1] Given that the Bahá'í Faith is not recognized, they do not have seats in the parliament. [2] Sunni Muslims have no specific reserved seats, but can take part in the ordinary election process at all constitutional levels. [3] Sunni members of parliament are mostly from areas with strong Sunni ethnic minorities like Kurdistan and Baluchistan. [3]

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List of minority MPs in recent Majlis:

Armenians (North)Armenians (South)AssyrianJewishZoroastrian
1980 Hrair KhalatianHrach KhachatryanSargon Betoshana Aziz Daneshrad unknown
1984 Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianAtour KhananichouunknownParvize Malekpour
1988 Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianAtour KhananichouunknownAflatoon Ziafat
1992 Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianShamshoon Maqsudpour SirunknownAflatoon Ziafat
1996 Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianShamshoon Maqsudpour Sir Manuchehr Eliasi Parviz Ravani
2000 Levon Davidian Georgik Abrahamian Yonathan Betkolia Maurice Motamed Khosrow Dabestani
2004 Gevork Vartan Robert Beglarian Yonathan BetkoliaMaurice MotamedKourosh Niknam
2008 Gevork VartanRobert BeglarianYonathan Betkolia [4] Siamak Moreh Sedgh Esfandiar Ekhtiyari
2012 Karen KhanlariRobert BeglarianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2016 Karen KhanlariGeorgik AbrahamianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2020 Ara ShaverdianRobert BeglarianSharli AnviehHomayoun SamehEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2024 [5] Ara ShaverdianGagard MansourianCharlie Anooyeh TekyehHomayoun SamehBehshid Barkhodar

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