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Zakani elected as Tehran mayor

mahla — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 13:13:44 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Zakani elected as Tehran mayor. In the afternoon meeting of the Tehran City Council, Alireza Zakani was elected as the mayor of Tehran, winning the highest number of votes in the 21-member council.

In the open session of the City Council on Sunday, Zakani gathered 18 votes.

Zakani was a candidate for the presidential post but he withdrew in favor of Ebrahim Raisi. He was the representative of the people of Qom in the parliament.

On Sunday afternoon, President Ebrahim Raisi officially appointed two key members of his cabinet.

Mohammad Mokhber and Gholam Hossein Esmaeili were appointed respectively as first vice president and presidential chief of staff.

Mokhber has been the head of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam during the last two decades. The achievements of his office, especially in recent years and the days of the coronavirus outbreak, were noticed by people.

Also, he had previously served as deputy chief of commerce at the Mostazafan Foundation, managing director of Khuzestan telecommunication and deputy governor of Khuzestan.

Mokhber holds a PhD in international law and has authored numerous articles and books in the fields of economics and law.

Gholam Hossein Esmaeili also served in Judiciary. His last position was Judiciary spokesman.

After having his mandate endorsed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi has taken the oath of office to be officially inaugurated as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Iranian parliament on Thursday afternoon, attended by high-ranking Iranian civil and military officials as well as a great number of foreign dignitaries from more than 70 countries.

The ceremony started with a speech by Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf followed by an address delivered by head of Iran’s Judiciary Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.

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Tehran Gets New Mayor

reporter 1222 — Sun, 13 May 2018 10:40:14 +0000

The City Council of Tehran elected Seyed Mohammad Ali Afshani as the new mayor of the Iranian capital on Sunday.

Afshani, who served as the governor of Fars Province in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s first term, was chosen by 19 votes of the 21 members on Sunday morning to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi.

Najafi resigned in mid-March, citing poor health conditions. In April, the City Council finally accepted Najafi’s second resignation and launched negotiations to find a successor.

Born in Iran’s western province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, the new 59-year-old mayor of Tehran is known as a ‘reformist’ figure and a member of the National Trust political party.

Afshani served as the governor of Fars province during Rouhani’s first term, namely Iran’s 11th administration.

The incoming mayor has also the experience of holding top posts at the Interior Ministry, Ministry of Education, and a number of provincial governor administrations.

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City Council accepts Mayor Najafi’s 2nd resignation

reporter 1222 — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:15:05 +0000

After an expert-level session, councilors at Tehran City Council (TCC) finally agreed with the second resignation of Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi with 15 out of 21 votes in favor.

After resignation of Tehran’s mayor on Monday for the second time, councilors mulled over the resignation process and agreed with it unanimously.

Of 21 votes in total, fifteen were in favor, five were against and one was blank.

After accepting resignation of Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi, councilors submitted their proposals until the selection of new mayor in an expert-level session. In the meantime, 14 councilors proposed appointment of Samiollah Hosseini Makarem as caretaker for this significant post at Tehran Municipality.

Eventually, Hosseini Makarem was appointed by councilors unanimously as caretaker of Tehran Municipality with 14 votes out of 21 votes cast.

Earlier, Hosseini Makarem served Deputy Municipality of Tehran for Financial and Economic Affairs.

It should be noted that City Council members on Sun. rejected the resignation submitted by Tehran’s mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi over ‘ill health’ and voted for his remaining in office.

A session was held on Sunday at the City Council, chaired by Mohsen Hashemi, to discuss the resignation of Tehran’s mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi.

Mr. Najafi handed in his resignation on March 14, citing medical reasons.

“What forced me to hand in my resignation from the City Council was my poor medical condition,” Najafi said during the session today, adding that he is currently undergoing treatment.

“I would like to ask you not to link my resignation to political issues, although intensifying factors are always there to exacerbate the case,” he added.

The Chairman Mohsen Hashemi, speaking before the voting, rejected rumors that the reason behind Najafi’s resignation was lack of support from the City Council, adding that the assumption was “unfair” and “untrue”.

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Tehran mayor Najafi resigns for illness

reporter 1222 — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:10:22 +0000

Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi has reportedly resigned from his post, citing ill health.

“The resignation letter has been submitted to City Council’s Chairman Mohsen Hashemi, but has not been received by Council members yet,” the source said.

Asked if the Council members would approve of Najafi’s resignation, the source said, “The matter is yet to be examined.”

Najafi, a former long-serving education minister, was voted mayor by the Council last August, taking over from Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who had held the post for 12 years.

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