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Government of Islamic Republic of Iran
Leadership Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist Assembly of Experts Chairman: Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani
Executive President (list) Masoud Pezeshkian First Vice President (list) Mohammad Reza Aref Supervisor of Presidential Administration Mohsen Haji-Mirzaei Cabinet Government of Masoud Pezeshkian
Legislative Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Supreme Audit Court Guardian Council Chairman: Ahmad Jannati
Judicial Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad Supreme Court Islamic Revolutionary Court Special Clerical Court General Inspection Office High Council for Human rights Ministry of Justice
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Iran elects on a national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (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 constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every eight years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See Politics of Iran for more details.

Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time.

The most recent Iranian presidential election was held on 28 June 2024 and the most recent legislative election on 1 March 2024.

Elections since 1979

Presidential elections

Main article: List of Iranian presidential elections

Majlis elections

Main articles: List of Iranian legislative elections and Electoral districts of Iran

Latest elections

References

O'Toole, Pam (12 March 2008). "Iran's first-time voters split". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

External links

Election Data Archives

The Outcome of Iran’s Parliamentary Elections
Iran Data Portal, Princeton University
Iran Electoral Archive, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Results of parliamentary elections, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive

other

v t e Elections and referendums in Iran
Presidential	1980 1981 (Jul) 1981 (Oct) 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2024
Parliamentary	1906 1909 1914 1921 1923 1926 1928 1930 1932 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943–44 1947 1950 1952 1954 1956 1960 1961 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Assembly of Experts	1982 1990 1998 2006 2016 2024
Senate	1949 1954 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975
Local	1968 1970 1972 1976 1979 1999 2003 2006 2013 2017 2021
Constituent	1925 1949 1967 1979
Referendums	1953 1963 1979 (Mar) 1979 (Dec) 1989
List of elections and referendums

v t e Electoral districts of Iran
Ardabil	Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn Germi Khalkhal and Kowsar Meshginshahr Parsabad and Bilesavar
East Azerbaijan	Ahar and Heris Bonab Bostanabad‎ Hashtrud and Charuymaq‎ Kaleybar, Khoda Afarin and Hurand Malekan Maragheh and Ajabshir‎ Marand and Jolfa Mianeh Sarab Shabestar Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr‎ Varzaqan
Fars	Shiraz
Gilan	Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh Astara Bandar-e Anzali Fuman and Shaft Siahkal Langarud Rasht Roudsar and Amlash Rudbar Sowme'eh Sara Talesh, Rezvanshahr and Masal
Isfahan	Golpayegan and Khvansar Isfahan Natanz and Qamsar
Qom	Qom
Razavi Khorasan	Mashhad and Kalat
Tehran	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
West Azerbaijan	Bukan Khoy and Chaypareh Mahabad Maku, Chaldoran, Poldasht and Showt Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab Naqadeh and Oshnavieh Piranshahr and Sardasht Salmas Urmia
Zanjan	Abhar and Khorramdarreh Khodabandeh Mahneshan and Ijrud Zanjan and Tarom
Minorities	Armenians Assyrian Jewish Zoroastrian

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
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History

Prehistory

Ancient

3400–539 BC	Kura-Araxes culture (3400–2000 BC) Proto-Elamite civilization (3100–2700 BC) Elamite dynasties (2700–540 BC) Akkadian Empire (c.2334 BC–c.2154 BC) Lullubi (c.2300–675 BC) Kassites (c.1595–c.1155 BC) Kingdom of Mannai (10th–7th century BC) Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC) Urartu (860 BC–590 BC) Median Empire (678–549 BC) Scythian Kingdom (652–625 BC) Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 BC)
550 BC–AD 224	Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) Atropatene (c.323 BC–AD 226) Kingdom of Armenia (321 BC–AD 428) Kingdom of Cappadocia (320s BC–AD 17) Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC) Frataraka (c.295–220 BC) Kingdom of Pontus (281 BC–AD 62) Parthian Empire (247 BC–AD 224) Kings of Persis (after 132 BC–AD 224)
AD 224–651	Sasanian Empire (AD 224–651)

Medieval and
early modern

632–1090	Rashidun Caliphate (632–661) Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) Samanid dynasty (819–999) Tahirid dynasty (821–873) Alavid dynasty (864–928) Saffarid dynasty (861–1003) Ziyarid dynasty (931–1090) Buyid dynasty (934–1062)
977–1432	Ghaznavid Empire (977–1186) Ghurid dynasty (1011–1215) Seljuk Empire (1037–1194) Anushtegin dynasty (1077–1231) Eldiguzids (1135/36-1225) Kart dynasty (1244–1381) Ilkhanate (1256–1335) Muzaffarid dynasty (1314–1393) Jalayirid Sultanate dynasty (1335–1432) Chobanid dynasty (1338–1357)
1370–1925	Timurid Empire (1370–1507) Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans (1374–1468) Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans (1378–1508) Safavid Empire (1501–1736) Afsharid Empire (1736–1796) Zand Dynasty (1751–1794) Qajar Empire (1789–1925) Khanates of the Caucasus (18th–20th centuries) Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911) 1908 bombardment of the Majlis Kurdish separatism in Iran (1918–) 1921 Persian coup d'état Arab separatism in Khuzestan (1922–2020)

Modern

1925–1979

Islamic Republic
1979–present

See also

Geography
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Politics

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Councils	Assembly (or Council) of Experts Expediency Discernment Council Guardian Council Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) Local councils Supreme National Security Council
Officials	Ambassadors President Provincial governors Supreme Leader

Economy

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Sectors	Agriculture (fruit) Banking and insurance Central Bank Shetab Banking System Construction Defense Health care (Pharmaceuticals) Industry Mining Petroleum (Anglo-Persian Oil Company) Telecommunications and IT (TCI) Transport (airlines metro railways shipping) Tourism
State-owned companies	Defense Industries Organization (DIO) Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) National Development Fund
Places	Asaluyeh industrial corridor Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone Kish Island Free Trade Zone Research centers

Society

Demographics

Languages	Persian (Farsi) Armenian Azerbaijani Kurdish Hebrew Georgian Neo-Aramaic Iranian languages
Peoples	Iranian citizens (abroad) Ethnic minorities Armenians Assyrians Azerbaijanis Circassians Georgians Kurds Jews Turkmen
Religion	Islam Baháʼí Faith (persecution) Christianity Zoroastrians (persecution) Freedom of religion
Other	Corruption Crime Education (higher Intellectual movements scientists and scholars universities) International rankings Nationality Water supply and sanitation Women

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