New Tehran Mayor Elected

Pirouz Hanachi narrowly won the race for Tehran mayor against his heavyweight rival Abbas Akhoundi in a Tuesday vote by Tehran City Council. 
The councilors cast 11 votes for Hanachi, which handed him a tight victory against 10 votes in favor of Akhoundi, ISNA reported. 
He is yet to be approved by the Interior Ministry before officially taking office as the capital’s mayor. 
Tehran City Council elected the third mayor in less than two years since the start of its current term in May 2016, after its first appointee resigned and the second was expelled. 
Mohammad Ali Najafi, who had been sworn in as mayor in September 2017, decided to step down due to undisclosed health conditions and left office in April.