An election to the

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took place on 19 May 2017, along with the local elections nationwide. The council is elected by the

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system. This election saw losses for the

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and the

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gained all 21 seats. More than 3.6 million voters turned out in the election, setting a record.

Campaign

In January 2017,

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started working with moderates and supporters of Hassan Rouhani to compile a shared electoral list of candidates for

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. In April 2017, the

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joined the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking, the body responsible for picking the candidates included in the list. The final list under the brand name The List of Hope, drew criticism from reformists but was eventually endorsed by Mohammad Khatami. It included only 2 out of the 13 incumbent reformist councilors and several well-known reformist figures were not included. Some reform-minded non-partisans were also expected to feature in the list, including whistleblower Yashar Soltani, social activists Leila Arshad and Ameneh Shirafkan, and Taraneh Yalda, a cityplanner. As a result, two other lists emerged: ''Omīd-e Eṣlāḥāṭ'' ( fa, امید اصلاحات, lit=Reforms' Hope), partially made up of the incumbent reformist councilors and ''Šaḥr-e Dīgar'' ( fa, شهر دیگر, lit=Alternative City) by independent activists. The conservative camp and its newly established umbrella organization

Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces The Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (PFIRF; fa, جبهه مردمی نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی, Jebhe-ye Mardomi-ye Niruhā-ye Enqelāb-e Eslāmī) is a political organization in Iran, founded in late 2016 by ten figures ...

that supported the incumbent mayor

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, unanimously endorsed the list published under the name ''Ḵedmaṭ'' ( fa, خدمت, lit=Service). Several candidates who were initially approved, including former

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MP Ali Tajernia, Office for Strengthening Unity activist

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and Emad Behavar of the

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among others, were declared disqualified after Revolutionary Guards Intelligence agency reportedly forced the Central Election Supervisory Board.

Results

References

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