Iranian Parliament religious minority reserved seats


There are 5 reserved seats in the Iranian Parliament for the religious minorities. After the Persian Constitutional Revolution, the Constitution of 1906 provided for reserved Parliamentary seats granted to the recognized religious minorities, a provision maintained after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. There are 2 seats for Armenians and one for each other minority: Assyrians, Jews and Zoroastrians. Given that the Bahá'í Faith is not recognized, they do not have seats in the parliament. Sunni Muslims have no specific reserved seats, but can take part in the ordinary election process at all constitutional levels. Sunni members of parliament are mostly from areas with strong Sunni ethnic minorities like Baluchistan.

List

List of minority MPs in recent Majlis:
Armenians Armenians AssyrianJewishZoroastrian
1980Hrair KhalatianHrach KhachatryanunknownAziz Daneshradunknown
1984Vartan VartanianArtavaz Baghumianunknownunknownunknown
1988Vartan VartanianArtavaz Baghumianunknownunknownunknown
1992Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianunknownunknownParviz Ravani
1996Vartan VartanianArtavaz BaghumianShamshoon Maqsudpour SirManuchehr EliasiParviz Ravani
2000Levon DavidianGeorgik AbrahamianYonathan BetkoliaMaurice MotamedKhosrow Dabestani
2004Gevork VartanRobert BeglarianYonathan BetkoliaMaurice MotamedKourosh Niknam
2008Gevork VartanRobert BeglarianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2012Karen KhanlariRobert BeglarianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2016Karen KhanlariGeorgik AbrahamianYonathan BetkoliaSiamak Moreh SedghEsfandiar Ekhtiyari
2020