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2019-08-14 19:59
Ex-Tehran mayor pardoned for murdering his wife
TEHRAN – Mohammad Ali Najafi, a former mayor of Tehran, has been pardoned for killing his wife, Mitra Ostad.
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2019-07-30 18:49
Ex-Tehran mayor gets death sentence for killing wife
TEHRAN – Former Tehran mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi has been sentenced to death for murdering his wife, Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili announced on Tuesday.
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2018-10-18 09:07
Tehran city council to start electing new mayor by next week: chairman
TEHRAN — Tehran city council will start the process for electing a new mayor for the capital by the next week, the council chairman Mohsen Hashemi has said.
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2018-05-29 20:25
New scheme cuts Tehran’s traffic jam by 15%: councilor
TEHRAN – The new traffic scheme in Tehran, launched on May 5, has reduced traffic congestion by 15 percent in the city, councilor Shahrbanoo Amani said on Tuesday, Tasnim reported.
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2018-05-13 10:16
Afshani elected Tehran mayor
TEHRAN — Tehran city councilors elected Mohammad Ali Afshani as mayor on Sunday.
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2018-05-04 20:38
Tehran: Bias has ruined merits of staying in NPT
TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has lashed out at biased approach toward certain countries regarding the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, stressing that such prejudice has ruined the merits of staying in the NPT.
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2018-04-15 21:27
Tehran mayor may be appointed in a month: councilor
TEHRAN – Tehran City Council tries to appoint the new mayor in a month, Tasnim quoted city councilor Zahra Nejad-Bahram as saying on Sunday.
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2018-04-08 12:26
Tehran mayor’s resignation rejected
TEHRAN — The Tehran City Council on Sunday rejected the resignation of Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi.
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2018-03-16 19:29
Tehran metro short of 1,300 cars: mayor
TEHRAN — The Tehran metro is experiencing overcrowding as it is short of some 1,300 cars, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi said.
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2018-03-14 20:07
Tehran mayor resigns
TEHRAN – Councilor Majid Farahani on Wednesday confirmed the news about the resignation of Tehran mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi, saying the Tehran city council will discuss the issue in its first session in the next Iranian calendar year, which begins on March 21.
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2018-03-11 19:58
‘Startups, the golden solution for tackling urban development challenges’
TEHRAN - Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi has expressed the municipality’s readiness to actively support startups, considering them as ‘the golden solution’ for tackling challenges of urban development.
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2018-03-07 19:38
Growing sabzeh, an eco-friendly tradition or not
TEHRAN -- Sabzeh, as one of the items of Haft Seen, an arrangement of seven symbolic items traditionally displayed at the Iranian celebration of the New Year, Noruz, is a symbol of livelihood.
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2018-03-03 19:21
Tehraners to welcome New Year with tree planting
TEHRAN -- Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi has called on Tehrani citizens to plant a tree while they are growing sabzeh for their Haft Seen.
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2018-02-28 09:10
Tehraners exhaust water supplies, says mayor
TEHRAN — Water supplies in Tehran are being exhausted as consumption in the capital city is three times the carrying capacity, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi said on Tuesday.
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2018-01-26 10:27
Tehran’s air pollution: auto industry’s noncompliance twists the knife
TEHRAN – Tehran is fed up with air pollution and both domestic and foreign car manufacturers refuse to accept the installation of diesel particulate filter on their products, the director of Tehran’s Air Quality Control Company has said.
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2018-01-22 09:53
Tehran mayor backs investigation into municipality
TEHRAN – Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi says he welcomes the city council’s investigation into the performance of the municipality and the Hamshahri Institute.
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2017-12-31 11:03
Metro mayors to ask Rouhani for support
TEHRAN — Mayors of 8 metropolises of Iran requested a visit from President Hassan Rouhani to call his attention to the shortcomings the municipalities are facing.
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2017-11-24 21:45
All parties’ compliance ‘crucial’ for nuclear deal to survive: Iran
Reza Najafi, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Thursday that all parties’ compliance to the 2015 nuclear deal is “crucial” for the agreement to survive.
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2017-11-01 20:32
Tehran, Seoul mayors sign friendship agreement
TEHRAN — The mayor of Tehran and the mayor of Seoul signed a friendship agreement on the sidelines of the Champion Mayors meeting in Seoul, October 19-20.
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2017-10-18 18:25
Tehran mayor to attend ‘Champion Mayors’ meeting in Seoul
TEHRAN — Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi is slated to attend the third meeting of the Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth, October 19-20, in Seoul, South Korea.
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2017-10-09 09:38
Tehran Municipality, Department of Environment ink MOU on environmental studies
TEHRAN — Tehran Municipality and the Department of Environment signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct environmental studies at Pardisan park which is a habitat for animals and plant species.
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2017-10-07 18:10
The elderly gather, play group games
TEHRAN — A crowd of senior Tehrani citizens gathered together, walked in groups and played group games at Tehran Theater Complex on Friday.
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2017-09-22 20:16
Clean air starts with us: Tehran mayor
TEHRAN -- “If we need clean air as Tehran citizens, we should start with ourselves,” Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi said.
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2017-09-06 13:43
Tehran mayor to attend cabinet meeting on Wednesday
TEHRAN – Government spokesman Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht said on Tuesday that Mohammad-Ali Najafi, Tehran’s new mayor, has been invited to take part in the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported.
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2017-09-05 15:33
Tehran's mayor sworn in
TEHRAN- Mohammad Ali Najafi, the new mayor of Tehran, sworn in at the fifth session of Tehran City Council on September 5, 2017. Tehran Times / Maryam kamyab
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2017-08-23 20:14
Tehran City Council takes office
The first session of the fifth Tehran City Council was held on August 23, 2017. During the session, Mohsen Hashemi, the eldest son of the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was selected as the chairman of the council. Meanwhile, the council unanimously voted for Mohammad Ali Najafi to take the helm of Tehran Municipality. However, the mayor will be officially inaugurated after getting approval from the Ministry of Interior which is due to take place in coming days. Tehran Times/ Majid Haghdoust
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2017-08-22 20:04
No need for acting Tehran mayor: Mohsen Hashemi
TEHRAN – Moshen Hashemi, the only candidate for chairman of Tehran’s new city council, has said that the 21-member council will not appoint an acting mayor for Tehran.
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2017-08-19 19:55
Mohsen Hashemi sole candidate for Tehran city council chairman
TEHRAN — As it had been agreed in the last informal session of the new Tehran city council on Wednesday, Mohsen Hashemi remains the sole candidate for the post of chairman in the council.
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2017-08-11 19:12
Najafi sole candidate for Tehran mayor
TEHRAN — Mohammad Ali Najafi remains the sole candidate who is widely expected to take up the post of Tehran mayor in the coming days or possibly weeks.
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2017-08-07 11:27
Najafi submits plan as to-be Tehran mayor
TEHRAN – Mohammad Ali Najafi, who is widely expected to win the post of Tehran mayor, has submitted his plans to new members of the Tehran City Council, a council member said on Sunday.
