Mehdi Chamran is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian politician and the Chairman of the City Council of Tehran

City Council of Tehran

The City Council of Tehran is the elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the Mayor of Tehran, and budgets of the Municipality of Tehran.The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms...

 since 2003. He received the most number of votes from the Tehrani electorate in both of the elections he was elected in, in 2003

Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2003

Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2003 took place in February, 2003, the second time local elections had taken place since being introduced in 1999 as part of President Khatami's concept of a civil society at the grassroots level. 905 city councils and 34,205 village councils were up for...

 and 2006

Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2006

The Iranian City and Village Councils election of 2006 took place on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for City and Village Councils, who in their turn elected the mayors....

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A major supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his mayorship, Chamran turned towards Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and his supporters during the 2006 elections

Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2006

The Iranian City and Village Councils election of 2006 took place on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for City and Village Councils, who in their turn elected the mayors....

, which resulted in a three-way split of the third Tehran council between the two conservative factions and reformist candidates. Comparatively, the second council only consisted of conservative members and the first council mostly of reformist members.

Mehdi Chamran is the brother of Mostafa Chamran

Mostafa Chamran

Mostafa Chamran Savei was an Iranian scientist who served as first Defence Minister of post-revolutionary Iran and as member of parliament, as well as commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran–Iraq War. He was killed during the war...

, a famous Iranian politician and military commander who died in 1981 during the Iran–Iraq War.