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Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis[1] (Persian: تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite cities.

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis

1906 (1906)

30

It has 30 seats, the most among all constituencies nationwide[1] and plays an outsized role in shaping politics nationally, having been described as a "bellwether for elite sentiment in Iran".[2] The constituency's seats have been the most prestigious in the country because it includes the country's capital city, and has had lively press and voters.[3]