New Tehran Mayor-Elect Outlines Agenda

It’s a great blessing to be at the service of Tehran’s residents; I would cherish that with my round-the-clock efforts as I extend the hand of friendship to everyone to achieve the goal of "Tehran, A City for All", Pirouz Hanachi tweeted on Tuesday, a few hours after he won the nip-and-tuck capital city’s mayoral race. 
The new mayor secured 11 votes from 21 Tehran city councilors against his former boss at the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Abbas Akhoundi (who recently resigned his post before a Cabinet reshuffle). 
Hanachi, 55, who has a PhD in revival architecture, held several positions in the Housing Ministry (which was revamped as the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development) under three administrations since 1997, before joining the Tehran Municipality as technical and construction deputy during Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi’s tenure in September 2017.