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Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat And Eslamshahr (electoral District)
Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis ( fa, تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite cities. It has 30 seats, the most among all constituencies nationwide and plays an outsized role in shaping politics nationally, having been described as a "bellwether for elite In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. ... sentiment in Iran". The constituency's seats have been the most prestigious in the country because it includes the country's capital city, and has had lively press and voters. Current MPs Elections Since 1980 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term 6th term 7th term 8th term 9th te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Consultative Assembly
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) 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. The most recent election took place on 21 February 2020 and the new parliament convened on 28 May 2020. History Islamic Republic of Iran After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Senate of Iran was abolished and was effectively replaced by the Guardian Council thus the Iranian legislature remained bicameral. In the 1989 revision of the constitution, the ''National Consultative Assembly'' became the ''Islamic Consultative Assembly''. The Parliament of Iran has had six chairmen since the Iranian Revolution. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the first chairman, from 1980 to 1989. Then came Mehdi Karroubi (1989– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elite
In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. Defined by the ''Cambridge Dictionary'', the "elite" are "those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type." American sociologist C. Wright Mills states that members of the elite accept their fellows' position of importance in society. "As a rule, 'they accept one another, understand one another, marry one another, tend to work, and to think, if not together at least alike'." It is a well-regulated existence where education plays a critical role. Universities in the US Youthful upper-class members attend prominent preparatory schools, which not only open doors to such elite universities as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania, but also to the universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eghbal Shakeri
''Eqbal'' ( fa, اقبال ; ''Luck'') was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was shut down in July 2005. History and profile ''Eqbal'' was a reformist daily of which managing editor was Morteza Fallah. It was unofficially affiliated to the leading reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front. Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper. The paper supported Mostafa Moin in the presidential election in 2005. Closure In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with ''Aftab Yazd'' published the letter of presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Upon this incident both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June. In fact, two more dailies, namely '' Etemad'', and ''Hayat-e-No ''Hayat-e-No'' ( fa, حیات نو meaning ''New Life'' in English) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. The paper was in circulation from 2000 to Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehsan Khandouzi
Ihsan (also transliterated as Ehsan; Arabic, Persian and ur, إحسان or , ku, ئیحسان) is an Arabic masculine given name. Given name ; Ihsan * İhsan Oktay Anar (born 1960), Turkish writer * İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993), Turkish politician * Ihsan Danish (1914–1982), Urdu poet * İhsan Doğramacı (1915–2010), Turkish academic * İhsan Hakan (1965-1993), PKK defector * İhsan Ketin (1914–1995), Turkish earth scientist * Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (born 1995), Indonesian badminton player * Ihsan H. Nadiem (born 1940), Pakistani archaeologist, museologist, author and poet * Ihsan Nuri (c. 1893–1976), Kurdish soldier and politician * İhsan Burak Özsaraç (born 1979), Turkish footballer * Ihsan Poyraz (born 1988), Austrian footballer * Ihsan Abdel Quddous (1919–1990), Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist * İhsan Sabancı (1931–1979), Turkish businessman * İhsan Saraçlar (1928–2008), Turkish lawyer and politician * Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Nabavian
Sayyid Mahmoud Nabavian ( fa, سید محمود نبویان) is an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who formerly was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. See also * Morteza Aghatehrani * Mohsen Pirhadi Mohsen Pirhadi ( fa, محسن پیرهادی) (born in 1980 in Tehran), is one of the representatives of the people of Tehran in the Islamic Consultative Assembly who is an observer and member of the presidium of the 11th parliament and the man ... References 1965 births Living people Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians {{Iran-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohsen Dehnavai
Muhsin (also spelled Mohsen, Mohsin, Mehsin, or Muhsen, ar, محسن) is a masculine Arabic given name. The first person known to have the name "Muhsin" was Muhsin bin Ali, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad. Islamic term In Arabic, it means "the one who ''beautifies'' or improves or enriches, particularly one's worship of or relationship with God, or one's actions or conduct toward others" and can mean helper, attractive, beneficent, benefactor, and charitable. It comes from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (meaning "beauty, beautiful, benevolence, benevolent, excellence, excellent"), has two short vowels and a single . The word ''Muḥsin'' is the active participle of either '' ʾiḥsān'' "excellence of God's worship" (last of the three stages after '' ʾislām'' "submission to God's will" and '' ʾīmān'' "faith in God's word") or ''ʾaḥsān'', act of kindness or favor or good will for someone. Personal name Notable persons with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Pathseekers Of The Islamic Revolution
The Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution or Society for the Adherents of the Path of the Islamic Revolution ( fa, جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی, Jam'iyyat-e Rahpuyān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi) is an Iranian principlist political group, founded in 2008. Members Alireza Zakani is General Secretary of the party. The group was formed a fraction inside Iranian Parliament, and is close to Ahmad Tavakoli. Elyas Naderan is a member in the central council. Party leaders Political stance They are part of Front of Transformationalist Principlists, alongside Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution. The Pathseekers were supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2011. The Pathseekers have differences with Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, however they formed an alliance against Ali Larijani Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, علی لاریجانی, ; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Naderan
Elias Naderan ( fa, الیاس نادران) is an Iranian economist and conservative politician who represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ... from 2004 to 2016. References 1958 births Living people Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran politicians Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution politicians Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution politicians Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces politicians {{Iran-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Of Islamic Revolution Stability
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability ( fa, جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی, Jebha-ye pāydārī-e enqelāb-e eslāmī, also translated Persevering Front, Endurance Front and Steadfast Front) is an Iranian principlist political group described as " extreme end of the fundamentalist camp" and "Iran’s most right-wing party". It was established as an electoral list for the 2012 legislative election. The Front is partly made up of former ministers of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi is said to be the "spiritual leader" behind the group. In 2013, the Front supported Saeed Jalili for president after Kamran Bagheri Lankarani's withdrawal, and released electoral list for local elections in several cities, with a landslide victory in Mashhad City Council. The front declares that it stands against both “sedition” (2009 Iranian presidential election protests) and the “ deviant current”. Rajanews website is its online mouthpiece. Electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morteza Aghatehrani
Morteza Aghatehrani ( fa, مرتضی آقاتهرانی) is an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician. He was former secretary-general of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, and represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr in the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2016. A ''protégé'' of Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, he was the "morality teacher" of the cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Aghatehrani he was formerly Imam of 'Islamic Institute of New York', a Shia mosque located in New York City. Education Aghatehrani went to Canada to pursue his graduate studies at McGill University, before gaining a PhD in Middle East Studies from State University of New York at Binghamton and defending a thesis entitled "Khajah Nasir al-Din Tusi on the Meta-Mysticism of Ibn Sina" in 2000. Controversy In 2012, it stirred controversy when it was revealed that Aghatehrani holds a Green card A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Coalition Party
The Islamic Coalition Party) from 1963 to 1979 and "Islamic Coalition Society" ( fa, جمعیت مؤتلفه اسلامی, jamʿiyat-e moʾtalefe-ye eslâmi) from 1979 to 2004. (ICP; fa, حزب مؤتلفه اسلامی, ḥezb-e moʾtalefe-ye eslāmi) is a conservative political party in Iran that favors economic liberalism. The party is the pivotal organization within Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader and is considered a lay ally of the influential Combatant Clergy Association. Though still very active and influential, the organization experienced a gradual elimination from political power after rise of new conservative rivals in the 2000s and some analysts dismiss it as something of a dinosaur heading for extinction. One of the oldest among the active parties in Iran, it represents older generations of conservatives and its main base of support is among ''bazaari'' merchants and shopkeepers in Grand Bazaar of Tehran and other cities, ''petite bourgeois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Mir-Salim
Sayyid Mostafa Agha Mirsalim (born 10 June 1947) is an Iranian engineer and conservative politician. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council and also a member of Islamic Consultative Assembly. He was a presidential candidate at the 2017 election which placed third with receiving 1.16% of the votes. Early life and education He obtained B.Sc. in Mechanics from Universite de Poitiers in 1969, M.Sc. in Mechanics from École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique and M.Sc. Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics from Attestation d`Eludes Approfondies, Universite de Poitiers both in 1971 and M.Sc. in Internal Combustion Engines from École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs in 1972. He worked as an intern in Alsace Mechanical Industries until 1976, when he returned to Iran. He worked at Tehran Metro as the operational director from 1976 to 1979. Career Mir-Salim served as the national police chief following the Iranian Revolution. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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