Iran: Information on Tehran city structure, on whether there are twelve districts each with its own mayor who report to the central city mayor, and on whether the mayor of district five was Sayed Morteza Shahpourdian, and on whether the central and/or district mayor and council offices have a Herassat branch within them
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IRN28025.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on Tehran city structure, on whether there are twelve districts each with its own mayor who report to the central city mayor, and on whether the mayor of district five was Sayed Morteza Shahpourdian, and on whether the central and/or district mayor and council offices have a Herassat branch within them, 1 October 1997, IRN28025.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac6f38.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on this subject is scarce.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
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Agence France Presse (AFP). 2 October 1997. "Five Years in Prison for Tehran District Mayor for Corruption." (NEXIS)
_____. 22 August 1995. "Mayor, 49 Others Arrested in Tehran for Fraud." (NEXIS)
IRNA [Tehran, in Persian]. 21 September 1997. "Interior Minister Urges Tehran District Mayors to Keep Up Their Good Work." (Summary 23 Sept. 1997/(NEXIS))
_____. 21 September 1997. "Judiciary Lists Charges Against Tehran Municipality Officials." (Summary 23 Sept. 1997/ (NEXIS))
Kayan [Tehran, in Persian]. 10 November 1996. "Officials of Tehran Municipality Sentenced." (NEXIS)
Mideast Mirror [London]. 29 February 1996. "3,232 Candidates Qualify to Run for Next Week's Parliamentary Elections in Iran." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 13 January 1997. "Iran Government Employees Held for Talking Bribes." (NEXIS)
_____. 28 December 1993. "Amusement Park to Replace Tehran Red-Light Zone." (NEXIS)
_____. 21 July 1993. "Tehran Shopkeepers Protest Taxes, Smash Windows." (NEXIS)
Xinhua News Agency [Beijing]. 28 July 1997. "Tehran's Top Officials Arrested for Corruption." (NEXIS)
_____. 17 February 1997. "Tehran's District Mayor Imprisoned for Corruption." (NEXIS)
Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran [Tehran, in English]. 13 July 1992. "Mayor of Tehran's 3rd District Dismissed." (Summary 15 July 1992/ (NEXIS))