While Iran has elected councils responsible for administering local entities and selecting mayors, all candidates are vetted for loyalty to the system and the Supreme Leader.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: BTI Project
  Iran Country Report 2026 - BTI Transformation Index

Sources

• Iran Country Report 2026 - BTI Transformation Index bti-project.org BTI Project via serper

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• Iran location
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei entity