Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis#2001 By-election

{{Short description|Constituency of the Iranian parliament}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis

|parl_name = Islamic Consultative Assembly

|image = 200px

|caption = Constituency highlighted in Tehran Province

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|caption2 = Location of Tehran Province in Iran

|district_label = Province

|district = Tehran

|region_label = County

|region = {{plainlist|

• Tehran
• Rey
• Shemiranat
• Eslamshahr
• Pardis

}}

|population =

|year = {{Start date and age|1906}}

|members_label =

|members =

|seats = 30

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Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis{{cite book|first1=Mehrzad|last1=Boroujerdi|first2=Kourosh|last2=Rahimkhani|title=Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815654322|date=2018|page=173}} ({{langx|fa|تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس}}) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite cities.

It has 30 seats, the most among all constituencies nationwide and plays an outsized role in shaping politics nationally, having been described as a "bellwether for elite sentiment in Iran".{{citation|first=Payam|last=Mohseni|title=The 2016 Iranian Parliamentary ElectionsAnd the Future of Domestic Politics under the JCPOA|url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/Iran%20Elections%20-%20web_0.pdf|page=38|publisher=Harvard Kennedy School|work=Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs|type=Report|date=December 2016}} The constituency's seats have been the most prestigious in the country because it includes the country's capital city, and has had lively press and voters.{{citation|last1=Abrahamian|first1=Ervand|title=The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations|date=2013|publisher=New Press, The|location=New York|isbn=978-1-59558-826-5|page=32}}