1998 Assembly of Experts Election

Third Experts Assembly Elections

Date of Election October 23, 1998 www.moi.ir
Number of Eligible Voters 38,570,597 www.moi.ir
Number of Actual Voters 17,857,869 www.moi.ir
Voter Turnout Rate 46.30% www.moi.ir
Number of Precincts 28 www.moi.ir
Number of Candidates Needed 86 www.moi.ir
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 396 www.moi.ir
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run 167 Ettelaat*
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 36.86 Ettelaat*

Sources:

Iranian Ministry of Interior (www.moi.ir)

Ettelaat Newspaper: October 27, 1998, p. 2

Breakdown of Votes Based on Province

Province Percentage Voted
Ardabil  44.14
Azarbaijan, East  41.15
Azarbaijan, West  40.74
Bushehr  49.70
Charmahal wa Bakhtiyari  49.71
Esfahan  41.77
Fars  46.71
Gilan  41.20
Golestan  64.55
Hamadan  44.70
Hormozgan  48.95
Ilam  59.90
Kerman  54.37
Kermanshah  47.33
Khorasan  55.12
Khuzestan  41.24
Kohgiluyeh Buyer Ahmad  69.26
Kurdestan  41.65
Lorestan  47.85
Markazi  47.27
Mazandaran  50.75
Qazwin  52.44
Qom  58.54
Semnan  63.54
Sistan wa Baluchestan  42.79
Tehran  39.45
Yazd 59.89
Zanjan  48.13

Members Elected

Note:

The Assembly of Experts consists of 86 members (all Shiite mojtaheds). This list comprises more individuals as it includes replacements, i. e. those elected in midterm elections due to the death or resignation of an original member.

Members of the Third Assembly of Experts (1999-2006)

Last Name

First Name

Abbasifard

Mohammadreza

Ahmadi

Zekrollah

Ahmadi [Miyanji]

Ali

Alemi

Hasan

Alemi [Damghani]

Mohammadali

Aminiyan

Mokhtar

Amini-ye Najafabadi [Hajamini-ye Najafabadi]

Ebrahim

Ansari

Majid

Anvari

Mirzamohammad

Asadi-ye Khonsari

Seyyedmohammadbaqer

Beheshti

Ahmad

Dabestani [Musavi-ye Hamedani]

Seyyedabolhasan

Dastgheyb

Seyyedaliasghar

Dastgheyb

Seyyedalimohammad

Dorri-ye Najafabadi

Qorbanali (Hoseynali)

Ebadi

Seyyedmehdi

Emami-ye Kashani

Mohammad [Aqa]

Fallahiyan

Ali

Ferdowsipur

Esma’il

Ghaffari-ye Qarebagh[i]

Seyyedakbar [Mirakbar]

Hashemi [Esfahani]

Seyyedesma’il

Hashemiyan

Mohammad

Hashemi-ye Rafsanjani [Bahremani]

Akbar

Hashemi-ye Shahrudi

Seyyedmahmud

Hashemzadeh-ye Harisi

Hashem

Hoseyni

Seyyedmojtaba

Hoseyni [Arsanjani]

Seyyedmohammadhoseyn

Imani

Asadollah

Jabbari

Seyyedsaber

Jannati

Ahmad

Ka’bi [nasab]

Abbas

Karimi [Divkolahi]

Seyyedja’far

Khalilzadeh [Moravvej]

Boyuk

Kharrazi [Aqamirmohammadali]

Seyyedmohsen

Khatam-e Yazdi

Seyyedabbas

Khatami

Seyyedahmad

Khaz’ali

Abolqasem

Larijani [Amoli]

Sadeq

Madani [Eshaq-e Madani]

Mohammadeshaq

Mahdavi

Seyyedabolhasan

Mahfuzi

Abbas

Malekhoseyni

Seyyedkeramatollah

Ma’sumi

Aliasghar

Ma’sumi [Zarandi]

Hoseyn

Mazaheri

Hoseyn

Mehmannavaz

Habibollah

Mesbah-e Yazdi

Mohammadtaqi

Meshkini [Feyz-Ani]

Aliakbar

Mirmohammadi

Seyyedabolfazl

Mohammadi [Ilami]

Rahim

Mohammadinik [Reyshahri]

Mohammad

Mohammadi-ye Araqi

Mohsen

Mohammadi-ye Gilani [Davisara’i]

Mohammad

Mohseni [Gorgani]

Ahmad

Mojtahed-e Shabestari

Mohsen

Moqtada’i

Morteza

Movahhedi-ye Kermani

Mohammadali

Musavipur [Shali]

Seyyedhasan

Musavi-ye Jazayeri

Seyyedmohammadali

Musavi-ye Tabrizi [Purmirghaffari]

Seyyedhoseyn

Musavi-ye Tabrizi [Seyyedreyhani]

Seyyedabolfazl

Musavi-ye Zanjani

Seyyedesma’il

Najmeh’i

Mohammadsadeq

Namazi

Abdolnnabi

Nurani [Ardebili]

Mostafa

Nurmofidi

Seyyedkazem

Orumiyan

Ali

Ostadimoqaddam [Tehrani]

Reza

Qomi

Mohsen

Qorashi

Seyyedaliakbar [Miraliakbar]

Qorbani

Zeynol’abedin

Rezvani

Gholamreza

Ruhani

Seyyedmehdi

Ruhani [Fereydun]

Hasan

Ruhani [rad]

Hadi

Saberi-Hamedani

Ahmad

Shafi’i

Seyyedali

Shahrokhi

Seyyedmohammadnaqi [Taqi]

Sheykhmohammadi [Mohammadi-ye Takandi]

Ali

Sheykholeslam

Mohammad

Tabresi

Nurollah

Taheri-ye Esfahani [Hoseynabadi]

Seyyedjalal[oddin]

Taheri-ye Gorgani

Seyyedhabibollah

Taheri-ye Khorramabadi

Seyyedhasan

Taskhiri

Mohammadali

Tavassoli [Mahallati]

Mohammadreza

Va’ez-e Tabasi

Abbas

Yasrebi

Seyyedmehdi

Yazdi

Mohammad

Zahedi

Abdolqader

Breakdown by Province (1999)

Tehran

1.Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar

2.Meshkini, Ali Akbar

3.Mohammadi Rey-Shahri, Mohammad

4.Imami Kashani, Mohammad

5.Yazdi, Mohammad

6.Jannati, Ahmad

7.Tavassoli, Mohammad Reza

8.Dorri Najaf Abadi, Ghorban Ali

9.Mesbah Yazdi, Mohammad Taqi

10.Ansari, Majid

11.Asadi Khansari, Agha Baqer

12.Kharrazi, Mohsen

13.Mohammadi Gilani, Mohammad

14.Qomi, Mohsen

15.Ostadi, Reza

16.Rezvani, Gholam Reza

East Azarbaijan

1.Mojtahed Shabestari, Mohsen

2.Seyed Reyhani, Seyed Abolfazl

3.Hashemzadeh Harisi, Hashem

4.Ahmadi, Ali

5.Oroumian, Ali

West Azarbaijan

1.Ghaffari Gharebagh, Mir-Akbar

2.Pour-Mir Ghaffari, Seyed Mohsen

3.Ghoreishi, Mir-Ali Akbar

Esfahan

1.Yasrebi, seyed Mehdi

2.Mazaheri Tehrani, Mirza Hossein

3.Hashemi, Seyed Esmail

4.Moqtadaie, Morteza

5.Mahdavi, Abolhasan

Ardebil

1.Khalilzadeh, Bouck Agha

2.Nourani Taqi Deizaj, Mostafa

Ilam

1.Mohammadi, Rahim

Bushehr

1.Namazi, Abdonnabi

Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari

1.Haj Amini Najaf Abadi, Ebrahim

Khorasan

1.Ebadi, Seyed Mehdi

2.Khazali, Abolghasem

3.Hashemi Shahrodi, Seyed Mahmod

4.Masomi, Ali Asqar

5.Ferdosi Pour, Esmail

6.Mehman Navaz, Habiboallah

7.Vaeze Tabasi, Abbas

8.Alami, Hasan

Khuzestan

1.Shafei, Seyed Ali

2.Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad Ali

3.Abbasi Fard, Mohammad Reza

4.Fallahian, Ali

5.Kabi Nasab, Abbas

6.Mohammadi Iraqi, Mohsen

Zanjan

1.Mousavi, Seyed Esmail

Semnan

1.Alami, Mohammad Ali

Sistan va Baluchestan

1.Hosseyni, Seyed Mojtaba

2.Madani, Mohammad Eshaq

Fars

1.Dastgheib, Seyed Ali Asghar

2.Dastgheib, Seyed Ali Mohammad

3.Beheshti, Ahmad

4.Hosseyni, Seyed Mohammad Hossein

5.Iemani, Asadollah

Qom

1.Seyed Rohani, Agha Mehdi

Qazvin

1.Mousavi Pour, Seyed Hasan

2.Sheikh Mohammadi, Ali

Kordestan

1.Sheikholleslami, Mohammad

2.Zahedi, Abdolqader

Kermanshah

1.Ahmadi, Zekrollah

2.Zarandi, Hossein

Kerman

1.Khatami, Seyed Ahmad

2.Hashemian, Mohammad

3.Movahedi Kermani, Mohammad Ali

Kohkiluyeh va Boyerahmadi

1.Malek Hosseyni, Seyed Keramatollah

Golestan

1.Noor Mofidi, Seyed Kazem

2.Taheri, Seyed Habibollah

Gilan

1.Aminian, Mokhtar

2.Mahfoozi, Abbas

3.Ghorbani, Zeinolabedin

4.Taskhiri, Mohammad Ali

Lorestan

1.Taheri Khorram Abadi, Seyed Hasan

2.Shahrokhi, Seyed Mohammad Taqi

Markazi

1.Mohseni Garakani, Ahmad

2.Mir-Mohammadi, Seyed Abolfazl

Mazandaran

1.Jabbari, Seyed Saber

2.Ardeshir Larijani, Sadeq

3.Karimi Kalabi, Seyed Jafar

4.Rohani Rad, Hadi

Hormozgan

1.Anvari, Mirza Mohammad

Hamedan

1.Saberi Hamedani, Ahmad

2.Dabestani, Seyed Abolhasan

Yazd

1. Khatami Yazdi, Abbas Agha