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elects on national level a

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and the

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(the

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), a

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(the Majlis), and an "

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" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens. The Parliament or ''Islamic Consultative Assembly'' (''Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami'') currently has 290 members, also elected for a four-year term in multi- and single-seat

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. Elections for the

are held every eight years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See

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for more details. Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the

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was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time. The most recent presidential and

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elections were held on 19 May 2017 simultaneously. The most recent parliamentary election and the most recent Assembly of Experts elections were held on 26 February 2016. The nature of the elections in Iran have been a contentious issue. Since the inception of the Islamic Republic in 1979, many Western governments, human rights groups, independent observers and dissident organizations have described the post-Imperial elections as

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s since its political system is considered regularly labelled as anti-Western, undemocratic, authoritarian and totalitarian governed by the Supreme Leader.

Elections since 1979

Presidential elections

Majlis elections

Latest elections

2021 Presidential election

2021 Local election

2016 Assembly of Experts election

2020 Parliamentary election

References

External links

;Election Data Archives
The Outcome of Iran’s Parliamentary ElectionsIran Data Portal

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Iran Electoral Archive
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Results of parliamentary elections
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Psephos
Adam Carr's Election Archive ;other
2009 Iranian elections page on BBC PersianBBC Persian on Iran presidential electionsVideo Archive of Iranian Elections
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