Iranian Parliament religious minority reserved seats explained

There are five reserved seats in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) for the religious minorities. After the Persian Constitutional Revolution, the Constitution of 1906 provided for reserved parliamentary seats granted to the recognized religious minorities, a provision maintained after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. There are two seats for Armenians and one for each other minority: Assyrians, Jews and Zoroastrians.[1] Given that the Bahá'í Faith is not recognized, they do not have seats in the parliament.[2] Sunni Muslims have no specific reserved seats, but can take part in the ordinary election process at all constitutional levels. Sunni members of parliament are mostly from areas with strong Sunni ethnic minorities like Kurdistan and Baluchistan.[3]

List

List of minority MPs in recent Majlis:

Armenians (North)Armenians (South)AssyrianJewishZoroastrian
1980Hrair KhalatianHrach KhachatryanSargon BetoshanaAziz DaneshradParvize Malekpour[<ref>https://amordadnews.com/195914</ref>]
1984Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianAtour KhananichouunknownParvize Malekpour
1988Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianAtour KhananichouunknownAflatoon Ziafat
1992Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianShamshoon Maqsudpour SirunknownParviz Ravani[4]
1996Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianShamshoon Maqsudpour SirManuchehr EliasiParviz Ravani
2000Levon DavidianGeorgik AbrahamianYonathan BetkoliaMaurice MotamedKhosrow Dabestani
2004Gevork VartanRobert BeglarianYonathan BetkoliaMaurice MotamedKourosh Niknam
2008Gevork VartanRobert BeglarianYonathan Betkolia[5] Siamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2012Karen KhanlariRobert BeglarianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2016Karen KhanlariGeorgik AbrahamianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2020Ara ShaverdianRobert BeglarianSharli AnviehHomayoun SamehEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2024[6] Ara ShaverdianGagard MansourianCharlie Anooyeh TekyehHomayoun SamehBehshid Barkhodar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discrimination against religious minorities in IRAN. Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de L'Homme . fidh.org . 19 May 2008 . August 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080422184053/http://www.fidh.org/asie/rapport/2003/ir0108a.pdf . 22 April 2008.
  2. Web site: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center . Iran Human Rights Documentation Center . A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran . 2007 . 3 March 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611140854/http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/pdfs/Reports/bahai_report.pdf . 11 June 2007 .
  3. Web site: International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Iran. US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 2007. US State Department. 19 May 2008.
  4. https://amordadnews.com/195914
  5. He is also since September 2008 chairman of the Asian Bureau of World Assyrian Union, cf. Iran: Majlis speaker felicitates Assyrian MP on new post, mathaba.net, 10 September 2008
  6. News: Parliamentary elections in Iran: lowest turnout since 1979 revolution . April 11, 2024 . March 2, 2024 . en.

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