Iranian politician
Elaheh Rastgou (Persian: الهه راستگو, lit. 'The Veracious Goddess') is an Iranian conservative-minded[4] reformist[5][6] politician who was formerly a member of City Council of Tehran and a Member of Parliament.
Career
Rastgou entered Islamic Consultative Assembly's 5th term in Malayer's 1997 by-election, defeating the incumbent Hassan Zamanifar. She was a sympathizer of Executives of Construction fraction at the time.[7]
In 2000 elections, she ran for a seat in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr as Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party's candidate and was defeated.[8][7] Backed by reformist 'Coalition For Iran',[4] she was defeated in 2004 from the same district. In 2008 parliamentary elections, she lost again while listed in both Islamic Iran Participation Front and National Trust Party endorsing lists.[9]
She lost 2003 and 2006 elections of City Council of Tehran, but eventually won a seat in 2013 while being supported by reformists coalition.
2013 allegiance switch
A sudden switch of allegiance by Rastgou, reformist-backed member of the Tehran City Council, helped Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to retain his seat by a vote margin of one.[6] Following the vote, she was 'fired' from Islamic Labour Party because allegedly 'breaking her oath to vote for the reformist mayor'.[10]
In 2017, she officially joined the conservative alliance Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces.[11]
Electoral history
References
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- ^ Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Freethinkers Pinnacle Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ Michael Rubin (7 March 2008), "Iran News Round Up", National Review, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ^ "هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Final Attempts toward a Principlist Coalition to Block Rouhani's Reelection". Iranian Diplomacy. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran" (PDF). Ettela'at International (in Persian). New York City: Page 4. 3 March 2003. ISSN 1353-8829. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "نتايج قطعي آراي انتخابات تهران", Mehr News Agency (in Persian), 29 February 2004, retrieved 19 June 2017
- ^ "نتايج شمارش 2 هزار صندوق راي انتخابات شوراهاي تهران", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 19 December 2006, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ^ "نتيجه قطعي انتخابات تهران اعلام شد", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 17 March 2008, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ^ "/تكميلي/ با شمارش كليه‌ي آراي ماخوذه، نتايج نهايي دور دوم انتخابات حوزه‌ي تهران، ري، شميرانات و اسلامشهر اعلام شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 26 April 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ^ "۵۲۷ کاندیدای تهران در انتخابات ۱۲ اسفند چقدر رای آوردند؟", Khabaronline (in Persian), 18 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ^ "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات چهارمین دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران" (PDF) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات پنجمين دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران" (PDF) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
