Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2006

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The Iranian City and Village Councils election of 2006 is planned to take place on December 15, 2006. People will elect representatives for City and Village Councils, who in their turn will elect mayors.

The elections will happen on the same day as the election for the Assembly of Experts.

[edit] Candidates

Every city and village in the country elects representatives, so there are thousands of candidates. But the Tehran candidates, as the largest city in the country and the capital, includes more famous candidates. These include Mohammad Ali Najafi (former Vice President under Mohammad Khatami and Minister of Education under Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani), Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance under Khatami), Masoumeh Ebtekar (former Vice President under Khatami and spokeswoman of Iranian students in Iran hostage crisis), and Hadi Saei (Taekwondo athlete and gold medalist in 2004 Summer Olympics).

Also notable, is that the reformist parties reached a consensus to have a unified list of candidates for the election, contrary to the previous election where every reformist party had a separate list, some not even sharing a single candidate.