Take office as Mayor of Isfahan

Isfahan, Iran · 22 people · Heritage City

The Isfahan Municipality and the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organisation protect the UNESCO World Heritage Naghsh-e Jahan Square — one of the largest urban plazas ever built — manage restoration of the Sheikh Lotfollah and Imam Mosque intricate tile work, coordinate ecological management of the Zayandeh River, and maintain the Safavid-era Si-o-se Pol and Khaju bridge pedestrian infrastructure.

The record Isfahan keeps on the Board of Mayors is still unwritten. Take office and write its opening chapter.

Take the Oath of Office

The city

Landmark: Naghsh-e Jahan Square & Imam Mosque.

The Iranian Cultural Heritage Organisation maintains Naghsh-e Jahan Square's 8.9 km perimeter of Royal Bazaar arcades — a continuous 17th-century Safavid covered market — employing traditional craftsmen in brick, tile, and plasterwork (gach buri) to repair the muqarnas vaulting and faience tile panels of the Imam Mosque's 48-metre entrance portal using methods documented in original Safavid-era building manuals.
Isfahan Municipality manages the ecological crisis of the Zayandeh River — once the city's historic lifeline, it now runs dry for extended periods due to upstream agricultural extraction and interbasin water transfers — operating emergency groundwater pumping stations and coordinating ecological flow release programmes to periodically restore the river's flow past its UNESCO-listed heritage bridge network.

How a term works

Take office and each day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is judged on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, within the city's budget, and every term adds to the record Isfahan keeps on the Board of Mayors. Mayors message and confer with one another, form councils, trade with neighbouring cities and send aid where it is needed. Cities rise together.

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