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Weighting of the General Domain against the job-specific Specialised Domain in the written score

Municipal recruitment registration brochure

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Negative marking deducted for each incorrect four-option answer

Municipal recruitment registration brochure

Multiple of the vacancy count called forward for document review from among candidates reaching the threshold

Municipal recruitment registration brochure

Number of subjects in the General Domain of the municipal written paper

Municipal recruitment registration brochure

40%

Statutory floor on development appropriations as a share of a municipal annual budget

Article 68, Iran Municipalities Law

The Iran municipalities recruitment examination is a four-option written paper with one-third negative marking, weighted 40% general subjects and 60% subjects specific to the advertised municipal post, with a practical assessment added for operational firefighter roles.

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1Under Article 55 of the Iran Municipalities Law (Qanun-e Shahrdari, enacted 1334 with amendments), which of the following is an explicit mandatory duty of municipalities?

A.Establishing public thoroughfares, streets, squares, and maintaining urban cleanliness, drainage, and lighting

B.Declaring war and mobilizing national armed forces against foreign states

C.Printing and circulating national banknotes through sovereign mints

D.Managing international diplomatic embassies and consular postings abroad

Explanation: Article 55, Clause 1 and Clause 2 of the Iran Municipalities Law mandate that the municipality must construct and maintain public streets, thoroughfares, alleys, squares, and public parks, ensuring sanitation, cleaning of watercourses, and public lighting.

2What is the statutory composition of the quasi-judicial Article 100 Commission (Komisyun-e Maddeh-ye 100) established to adjudicate building code and construction violations?

A.A representative of the Ministry of Interior, a judge from the Judiciary, and a member of the Islamic City Council

B.Three private civil engineering contractors licensed by commercial guilds

C.The Mayor acting alone as the sole judicial magistrate

D.Five foreign architectural consultants appointed by UNESCO

Explanation: Note 1 of Article 100 of the Municipalities Law dictates that the commission consists of: a representative of the Ministry of Interior, a judge chosen by the Head of the Judiciary (or local judicial president), and a member of the Islamic City Council.

3Under Note 1 of Article 100 of the Municipalities Law, if the commission orders the total demolition (*Qal' va Qam*) of an unauthorized structure, what statutory deadline is granted to the property owner to execute demolition before the municipality acts?

A.A period not exceeding two months

B.Exactly 24 hours

C.Five years of grace period

D.Ten calendar days without notice

Explanation: Article 100, Note 1 specifies that when a demolition order is issued, the commission must specify a deadline of no more than two months for the owner to demolish the illegal building. If the owner fails to comply, municipal agents carry out the demolition at the owner's expense.

4Within how many days may a property owner or the municipality appeal a ruling of the primary Article 100 Commission to the Appellate Article 100 Commission (*Komisyun-e Tajdid-e Nazar*)?

A.Within 10 days from the date of formal notification

B.Within 60 calendar days

C.Within six months

D.Rulings of the primary commission are final and cannot be appealed

Explanation: Under Note 10 of Article 100, the property owner or municipality has exactly 10 days from formal service of the primary decision to lodge an appeal with the Appellate Commission (Tajdid-e Nazar).

5What is the statutory jurisdiction of the Article 77 Commission (*Komisyun-e Maddeh-ye 77*) under the Iran Municipalities Law?

A.Resolving all disputes between taxpayers/citizens and the municipality regarding local municipal tolls, fees, and levies (*Avarez-e Shahrdari*)

B.Investigating vehicular traffic accidents occurring on federal highways

C.Issuing building permits for foreign diplomatic consulates

D.Licensing commercial airlines to operate charter domestic flights

Explanation: Article 77 of the Municipalities Law establishes that any disagreement between a taxpayer and the municipality concerning the assessment, calculation, or collection of municipal tolls is adjudicated exclusively by the Article 77 Commission.

6Who are the statutory members of the Article 77 Commission resolving municipal toll disputes?

A.A representative of the Ministry of Interior, a judge from the Ministry of Justice / Judiciary, and a member of the Islamic City Council

B.The Municipal Chief Financial Officer, the Tax Collector, and the local Police Commander

C.Three private chartered accountants appointed by the Chamber of Commerce

D.The Governor-General of the province acting alone

Explanation: Article 77 explicitly designates the three members: one representative from the Ministry of Interior, one judge appointed by the Judiciary, and one representative from the Islamic City Council.

7Are final rulings issued by the Article 77 Commission subject to further judicial oversight?

A.Yes, aggrieved citizens may challenge the procedural and legal validity of the ruling before the Court of Administrative Justice (Divan-e Edalat-e Edari)

B.No, Article 77 decisions are absolute and entirely immune from judicial review

C.Yes, by submitting an oral appeal to the local municipal police station

D.No, the ruling can only be overturned by an international trade arbitrator

Explanation: Under Article 173 of the Constitution and the Law on the Court of Administrative Justice, quasi-judicial administrative commission decisions (including Articles 77 and 100) can be appealed to the Divan-e Edalat-e Edari on grounds of illegality or procedural defect.

8Under Clause 14 of Article 55 of the Municipalities Law, what authority does the municipality possess regarding dilapidated, unstable, or hazardous structures (*Abniyeh-ye Khatarnak*) that threaten public safety?

A.Serve formal notice on the owner, and if the hazard is not remedied within the time allowed, take the necessary safety measures or carry out the demolition itself at the owner's expense

B.Serve notice on the owner but take no physical step without a prior order of the general courts

C.Act only after the Article 100 Commission has separately convened and ruled on the building

D.Act only where the building stands on municipal land, private owners being outside its reach

Explanation: Clause 14 of Article 55 authorizes the municipality to protect public safety by ordering the rectification of hazardous walls, balconies, or structures, and directly eliminating the danger at the owner's expense if they fail to comply.

9Under Note 7 of Article 100 of the Municipalities Law, what legal duty and liability are imposed on the supervising building engineer (*Mohandes-e Nazer*)?

A.The engineer must inspect construction continuously, ensure conformity with the approved building permit, and immediately report any non-compliance to the municipality; failure to report incurs disciplinary prosecution and license suspension

B.The engineer is exempt from reporting violations if the property owner pays an additional fee

C.The engineer only needs to visit the site once upon final completion of the roof

D.The engineer bears no liability because all construction oversight belongs exclusively to the mason

Explanation: Note 7 of Article 100 obligates supervising engineers to verify compliance with architectural drawings and municipal permits, and immediately report deviations. Failure to report makes the engineer liable to disciplinary sanctions and license suspension.

10Under Note 4 of Article 100 of the Municipalities Law, when unauthorized construction is erected without a permit on land located within the legal service boundary but conforms to technical, structural, health, and urban planning standards, what sanction may the Commission impose?

A.A fine equal to one-tenth of the transaction value of the building, or one-fifth of its goodwill (sarqofli) value where the building carries goodwill, whichever is the larger sum, after which the Commission notifies the municipality that a completion certificate may issue

B.A demolition order, because building without a permit is itself a breach of urban planning principles

C.A fine of one to two times the transaction value for each square metre, the scale the law applies to missing parking

D.Referral to the criminal courts, with the municipality permanently barred from issuing a completion certificate

Explanation: Note 4 gives the Commission a money remedy instead of demolition where the construction satisfies technical, health and urban planning standards. The fine is calculated per square metre of unauthorised building at one-tenth of the transaction value, or at one-fifth of the goodwill value if the building carries goodwill, whichever produces the larger sum. Once it is paid, the Commission tells the municipality that there is no obstacle to issuing the completion certificate.

About the Iran Municipalities Exam Exam

The Iran Municipalities Recruitment Examination (آزمون استخدامی شهرداری‌های کشور) is the competitive written examination through which Iranian municipalities take on administrative, financial, technical and operational staff. Provincial governorates advertise the vacancies under permits issued by the Organization of Municipalities and Rural Administrations, the Ministry of Interior body responsible for municipalities and village administrations, and the Jahad Daneshgahi Testing Center delivers the paper. The written paper has two parts. The General Domain covers Persian language and literature, Islamic studies, general English, general knowledge and social studies together with intelligence and aptitude, information technology, and mathematics and statistics; candidates from the religious minorities named in the Constitution are excused the Islamic studies items and scored on the standardised remainder. The Specialised Domain is set separately for each job title and, for administrative and technical municipal posts, draws on the Municipalities Law, the Municipal Financial and Transactions Regulations, administrative law, public sector accounting and auditing standards, urban and regional planning, the National Building Regulations and crisis management and fire safety subjects. All items are four-option multiple choice with equal weight, one-third of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer, and the two domains are combined at 40 percent and 60 percent respectively. Applicants for operational firefighter posts also sit a practical physical assessment. This question bank is an independent English-language multiple-choice study adaptation by OpenExamPrep. Its 100 practice questions concentrate on the specialised municipal subjects: the Municipalities Law and its Article 100 and Article 77 commissions, municipal budgeting, financial regulations and procurement, the Islamic councils framework, urban planning instruments and building control, municipal services and safety, and administrative ethics and employment rules. The official examination is sat in Persian; this bank is not an official translation, not a simulation of the official paper, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Organization of Municipalities and Rural Administrations, the Ministry of Interior or the Jahad Daneshgahi Testing Center.

Exam sponsor: Organization of Municipalities and Rural Administrations of Iran (سازمان شهرداری‌ها و دهیاری‌های کشور) under the Ministry of Interior, delivered by the Jahad Daneshgahi Testing Center (hrtc.ir). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Provincial governorates advertise municipal vacancies under permits issued by the Organization of Municipalities and Rural Administrations, and the Jahad Daneshgahi Testing Center delivers the examination. Candidates sit a written paper made up of a six-subject General Domain and a job-specific Specialised Domain; scores are combined at 40% general and 60% specialised. Applicants for operational firefighter posts also sit a practical physical assessment. Candidates who reach the qualifying academic threshold are ranked, and up to three times the number of vacancies per job-locality are called forward for document review, followed by gozinesh vetting, medical examination and a certificate of no criminal record before appointment. Reaching the highest score creates no right to appointment until those later stages are completed.

Time Limit

Published per sitting on the admission card; the brochure states domain weightings rather than a fixed duration

Passing Score

A qualifying academic threshold (hadd-e nesab-e elmi) must be reached first. Ranking then uses a composite of 40% General Domain and 60% Specialised Domain, and up to three times the number of vacancies per job-locality are called for document review. No fixed pass percentage is published

Exam / Certification Fees

Set per sitting in the official brochure; the 1402 sitting charged 2,300,000 IRR plus 20,000 IRR for the SMS service

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Fees, eligibility, and exam policies can change. Confirm them with the exam sponsor before applying or paying.

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40% combined

General Domain — Persian Language and Literature (زبان و ادبیات فارسی)

Part of the six-subject General Domain, which carries 40% of the written score in total.

40% combined

General Domain — Islamic Studies (معارف اسلامی)

Candidates from the religious minorities named in the Constitution are excused these items and are scored on the standardised total of the remaining general items.

40% combined

General Domain — General English (زبان انگلیسی عمومی)

Vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension at general proficiency level.

40% combined

General Domain — General Knowledge, Social Studies, Intelligence and Aptitude (اطلاعات عمومی، دانش اجتماعی، هوش و استعداد تحصیلی)

Civic and social knowledge together with reasoning and aptitude items.

40% combined

General Domain — Information Technology (فناوری اطلاعات)

Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and internet skills, named in the brochure as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.

40% combined

General Domain — Mathematics and Statistics (ریاضی و آمار)

Elementary arithmetic, proportion, percentages and descriptive statistics.

60%

Specialised Domain — Municipal Law, Finance, Planning and Technical Subjects (آزمون اختصاصی)

Set separately for each job title in the brochure. Published lists include the Municipalities Law, the Municipal Financial and Transactions Regulations, administrative law, public sector accounting and auditing standards, urban and regional planning, the National Building Regulations, crisis management, fire and HSE subjects, and discipline-specific engineering topics.

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Passing score: A qualifying academic threshold (hadd-e nesab-e elmi) must be reached first. Ranking then uses a composite of 40% General Domain and 60% Specialised Domain, and up to three times the number of vacancies per job-locality are called for document review. No fixed pass percentage is published
Assessment: Provincial governorates advertise municipal vacancies under permits issued by the Organization of Municipalities and Rural Administrations, and the Jahad Daneshgahi Testing Center delivers the examination. Candidates sit a written paper made up of a six-subject General Domain and a job-specific Specialised Domain; scores are combined at 40% general and 60% specialised. Applicants for operational firefighter posts also sit a practical physical assessment. Candidates who reach the qualifying academic threshold are ranked, and up to three times the number of vacancies per job-locality are called forward for document review, followed by gozinesh vetting, medical examination and a certificate of no criminal record before appointment. Reaching the highest score creates no right to appointment until those later stages are completed.
Time limit: Published per sitting on the admission card; the brochure states domain weightings rather than a fixed duration
Exam / certification fees: Set per sitting in the official brochure; the 1402 sitting charged 2,300,000 IRR plus 20,000 IRR for the SMS service Official sources

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Iran Municipalities Exam: Suggested Study Strategy

1Work from the specialised subject list printed against your own job title in the brochure; it is 60 percent of the written score and differs sharply between, say, an accountant, an urban planner and a firefighter.

2For administrative and legal posts, read the Municipalities Law directly, especially Article 55 and the notes to Article 100, and learn the fine scales in Notes 2, 4 and 5 and the ten-day appeal window in Note 1.

3Learn the municipal budget cycle end to end: proposal by the end of Dey, council approval before Esfand, the 40 percent floor on development appropriations in Article 68, and the settlement account deadline under the 1401 Sustainable Revenue Law.

4Pace yourself against the one-third negative marking. Leave an item blank unless you can eliminate at least two of the four options.

5Do not neglect the General Domain. It is only 40 percent of the score but it is where candidates most often fall below the qualifying threshold, and religious minority candidates should note that the Islamic studies items are excluded from their score.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who runs the Iran municipalities recruitment examination?

Provincial governorates advertise the posts under permits from the Organization of Municipalities and Rural Administrations, the Ministry of Interior body responsible for municipalities, and the Jahad Daneshgahi Testing Center delivers the written paper.

How is the written paper structured and weighted?

It has a six-subject General Domain and a Specialised Domain set for the advertised job title. All items are four-option multiple choice with equal weight, and scores are combined at 40 percent general and 60 percent specialised.

Does the examination carry negative marking?

Yes. One-third of a mark is deducted for each incorrect answer across both the general and the specialised items, so three wrong answers cancel one correct answer.

Which general subjects are examined?

Persian language and literature, Islamic studies, general English, general knowledge and social studies with intelligence and aptitude, information technology covering Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet skills, and mathematics and statistics.

Are there stages after the written paper?

Yes. Candidates who reach the qualifying academic threshold are ranked, and up to three times the number of vacancies per job-locality are called for document review, then gozinesh vetting, a medical examination and a certificate of no criminal record. Operational firefighter applicants also sit a practical physical assessment.

Is this OpenExamPrep question bank an official simulation?

No. It is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation by OpenExamPrep for concept review. The official examination is sat in Persian, and this bank is neither an official translation nor a simulation of the official paper.