TEHRAN – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has appointed Deputy Interior Minister for Political Affairs Jamal Araf as the head of the ministry’s election headquarters, Tasnim reported on Saturday.

Rahmani Fazli also appointed Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaqari as the head of the election security headquarters.

Parliamentary elections will be held on Feb. 21, 2020 with the approval of the Guardian Council, Interior Ministry spokesman Salman Samani announced two months ago.

The midterm elections of the Assembly of Experts will also be held on the same date in Tehran, Khorsan Razavi, North Khorasan, Fars and Qom provinces.

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