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After holding the chairmanship of the Tehran city council for just a year, Reformists have lost the position to Mehdi Chamran, a conservative politician who held the position from 2003 until 2013.
The 31-member council votes every year for the position of chairman. In addition to working with the mayor on approving the budget and city projects for Iran’s largest city — and one of the largest in the world — the council also chooses the mayor, which has been conservative Mohammd Bagher Ghalibaf since 2005.
