Islamic City Council of Tabriz

The Islamic City Council of Tabriz (Persian: شورای اسلامی شهر تبریز) is the elected council that presides over the city of Tabriz, elects the Mayor of Tabriz, and budgets of the Municipality of Tabriz. The council is composed of twenty-one members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting in odd-numbered years. In the last election between Principlists and reformers, Principlists won the most seats.^[2]

Islamic City Council of Tabriz
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Gholamreza Ahmadi since August 4, 2024
Speaker	Yasin Bejani[1] since August 5, 2021
Structure
Seats	13
Political groups	Majority   List of Hope (8) Minority   Principlists Single List (3)   Independents (2)
Elections
Last election	June 18, 2021
Meeting place
Sa'at Tower, Municipality Square, Tabriz
Website
Islamic City Council of Tabriz Website

Members

Current members (2021- continues)

Chairman of Council: Rasoul Barghi

#	Member[3]	Bloc	Votes[4]
1	Hakimeh Ghafouri	Conservative	40,659
2	Mohammad Hassan Essotchi	Independent	33,385
3	Rouhollah Rashidi	Independent	31,692
4	Rasoul Barghi	Conservative	24,468
5	Gholamreza Ahmadi	Independent	23,136
6	Shahram Dabiri Oskuei	Independent	21,881
7	Parviz Hadi	Reformist	21,035
8	Fereydoun Babaei Aghdam	Independent	20,452
9	Rouhollah DehghanNejhad	Conservative	20,203
10	Seyyed Kazem Zafaranchilar	Conservative	19,638
11	Alireza Navaye Baghban	Conservative	19,363
12	Ahad Sadeghi	Independent	19,137
13	Yasin Bejani	Conservative	18,202

5th term (2017–2021)

Chairman of Council: Shahram Dabiri

#	Member	Bloc	Party	Votes[5]
1	Shahram Dabiri Oskuei	Independent	—	96,701
2	Shakur Akbarnejad	Reformist	ECP[6]	68,443
3	Fereydoun Babaei-Aghdam	Conservative	—	58,985
4	Moharram Mohammadzadeh Gharebolagh	Independent	—	55,920
5	Saeid Dabbagh Nikoukheslat	Reformist	—	54,239
6	Abdollah Taghipour Hallajan	Reformist	—	49,476
7	Faraj Mohammadgholizadeh	Reformist	—	49,425
8	Sonia Andish	Reformist	—	49,356
9	Mohamma-Bagher Beheshti	Reformist	—	48,377
10	Karim Sadeghzadeh Tabrizi	Reformist	WH[7]	45,195
11	Ali Ajoudanzadeh	Conservative	—	45,107
12	Gholamhossein Masoudi Reyhan	Reformist	DP[8]	41,266
13	Mohammad Ashrafnia	Conservative	—	38,936

4th term (2013–2017)

Officers:

• Chairman of Council: Shahram Dabiri

District	Name[9]	Votes[9]	Political affiliation[10]
1	Shahram Dabiri	105,157	Independent
2	Ehtesham Hajipour	52,750	Iranian reform movement
3	Esmaei Chamani	51,239	Independent
4	Behrouz Khamachi	46,784	Independent
5	Elmira Khamachi	45,211	Independent
6	Akram Hazrati1	33,403	Independent
7	Asghar Abedzadeh	31,814	Independent
8	Javad Sheshghelani	31,484	Iranian Principlists
9	Saeid Mohaddes	30,868	Independent
10	Habib Shiriazar1	30,129	Iranian reform movement
11	Ali Shiari	26,439	Iranian Principlists
12	Mohammad-Hossein Jafari	26,224	Iranian Principlists
13	Ali Navay-Baghban	25,622	Iranian Principlists
14	Mohammad-Hassan Asvatchi	24,408	Iranian Principlists
15	Jafar Modabber	23,638	Iranian Principlists
16	Amir Haghian	23,618	Iranian Principlists
17	Iran Ahoor	22,722	Independent
18	Rasoul Darskhan	22,085	Independent
19	Iraj Shahin-Baher	21,115	Independent
20	Saeid Hajizadeh	20,278	Independent
21	Fereydon Babaei-Aghdam	20,139	Independent

District	Name[11]	Votes	Political affiliation
22	Mohammad Bagher Lotfi2		Independent
23	Alaadin Nour Mohammadzadeh2		Independent