TEHRAN – The Guardian Council has approved a Majlis bill allowing the presidential and city council elections to be held simultaneously.

The Guardian Council has endorsed the bill and has found it not contrary to the constitution and the Islamic law, Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaie stated in Tehran on Monday.
According to the bill, the third term of the sitting city councils is extended until the next presidential election in 2013.
In April the Expediency council approved a bill requiring that general elections be held every two years. Based on the bill presidential and city council elections should be held simultaneously, and the Assembly of Experts and parliamentary elections should also be held together.
However, the Interior Ministry has repeatedly voiced its opposition against the two elections being held simultaneously