Editing Assembly of Experts (section)

===Fifth Assembly (2016–2024)===
{{main|2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election|List of members in the Fifth Term of the Council of Experts}}

The election of 88 members of the Fifth Assembly took place on 26 February 2016 alongside of the election for 290 members of the Iranian [[Majlis]] (parliament). Those elected will sit for a projected 8-year term.<ref name="BBC20160226">{{cite news |title=Iran election extended amid high turnout |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35666107 |access-date=26 February 2016 |publisher=BBC |date=26 February 2016 |archive-date=26 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226180116/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35666107 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new assembly was opened on 24 May 2016 and selected [[Ahmad Jannati]] as chairman of the Fifth Assembly.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/05/24/hard_line_cleric_becomes_speaker_of_assembly_of_expert/ |title=Hard-line cleric becomes speaker of Assembly of Expert |date=24 May 2016 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=24 May 2016 |archive-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526123214/http://www.salon.com/2016/05/24/hard_line_cleric_becomes_speaker_of_assembly_of_expert/ |url-status=live }}</ref>