Election Office (Iran)
Body responsible for election procedures in Iran
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The Election Office (Persian: ستاد انتخابات کشور) is the body charged for implementation of election procedures in Iran and is subordinate to the Ministry of Interior.[2]
JurisdictionIran
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Minister responsible
- Eskandar Momeni, Minister
Election commission executive
- Ali Zeinivand[1], Head
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| Jurisdiction | Iran |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Interior |
List of Heads
| Date appointed | Name | Elections held | Minister | President |
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| 1997 | Mostafa Tajzadeh | 1998 experts 1999 councils 2000 parliament |
Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari | Mohammad Khatami |
| 2001 | Morteza Moballegh | 2001 president 2003 councils 2004 parliament 2005 president | ||
| 7 October 2006[3] | Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi | 2006 councils/experts | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| 24 November 2007[4] | Alireza Afshar | 2008 parliament | ||
| 16 March 2009[5] | Kamran Daneshjoo | 2009 president | Sadegh Mahsouli | |
| 17 May 2011[6] | Sowlat Mortazavi | 2012 parliament 2013 president/councils | Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar | |
| 12 April 2015[7] | Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi | 2016 parliament/experts | Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli | Hassan Rouhani |
| 30 December 2016[8] | Ali-Asghar Ahmadi | 2017 presidential/councils |