# Pezeshkian is elected first deputy speaker of the Majlis

Date: 2016

## The fact

In 2016 [Masoud Pezeshkian](/people/masoud-pezeshkian) became first deputy speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, serving through 2020.

## Context

Rouhani was president. Neighbouring 2008 Tabriz seat is the prior mandate. Neighbouring 2021 disqualification is later.

2008 Tabriz election is neighbouring. 2021 Council disqualification is later.

The President of Iran is head of the executive, not commander-in-chief of the IRGC or the armed forces. That command sits with the Supreme Leader. Pezeshkian does not write IAEA Board resolutions, [US Treasury](/organizations/us-treasury) designations, or Israeli cabinet strike orders. An IRGC operation is not automatically his Fact.

## Evidence and sources

Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed deputy-speakership is an attempted legislative-management instrument inside a Leader-dominated system.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 2016 first deputy-speaker election, independently reported.

Not established: that the Majlis checked the IRGC, or a unique later statute-quality coefficient.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He managed the chamber. The Leader’s office still outranked the Majlis.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Pezeshkian is elected first deputy speaker of the Majlis, not a later speech about Pezeshkian is elected first deputy speaker of the Majlis.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Pezeshkian is elected first deputy speaker of the Majlis on 2016-05-31 is not a licence to treat every later Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Pezeshkian is elected first deputy speaker of the Majlis into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to MPs elected him deputy speaker. He managed the chamber. The Leader’s office still outranked the Majlis. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Masoud Pezeshkian: https://factrail.ai/people/masoud-pezeshkian

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-parliament-idUSKCN0YM0K4
- https://en.parliran.ir/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-deputy-speaker-2016