Mehdi Chamran on Zakani becoming mayor: City council members threatened to vote

Mehdi Chamran, who was elected as the chairman of the sixth Tehran City Council on Thursday, told the people around him about the pressures to appoint Alireza Zakani as mayor, without knowing about the live broadcast of the meeting: "I did not sleep until last night ... it is a secret vote. "Some people are being intimidated and threatened."