IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITIES TO SEND 14 REPRESENTATIVES TO 9TH MAJLIS
ABNA.com
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Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Iran
March 2 2012
Iranian religious minorities will send 14 representatives to the next
parliament, an elections headquarters official said here Friday.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hassanali Nouri said according to the
Iranian Constitution, religious minorities enjoy all public rights
given to other members of the society.
He also noted that Zoroastrians, Jews, Armenians both in south
and north of the country, Assyrians and Caledonians each have one
representative in the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis).
The religious minorities will cast their votes in ballot boxes
specially designated to them simultaneous with other Iranians, the
official added.
Over 48 million Iranians are eligible to vote in 46,924 polling
stations nationwide for the 9th parliamentary election which started
at eight o'clock local time.
In the two provinces of Khorassan Razavi and Kurdestan, people will
also cast votes for by-elections for the fourth round of the Experts
Assembly.
ABNA.com
http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=300050
Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Iran
March 2 2012
Iranian religious minorities will send 14 representatives to the next
parliament, an elections headquarters official said here Friday.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hassanali Nouri said according to the
Iranian Constitution, religious minorities enjoy all public rights
given to other members of the society.
He also noted that Zoroastrians, Jews, Armenians both in south
and north of the country, Assyrians and Caledonians each have one
representative in the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis).
The religious minorities will cast their votes in ballot boxes
specially designated to them simultaneous with other Iranians, the
official added.
Over 48 million Iranians are eligible to vote in 46,924 polling
stations nationwide for the 9th parliamentary election which started
at eight o'clock local time.
In the two provinces of Khorassan Razavi and Kurdestan, people will
also cast votes for by-elections for the fourth round of the Experts
Assembly.