Jimmy Delshad

Jimmy Delshad, 66, elected to his second term on the Beverly Hills City Council by a 171-vote margin, will probably become the first Iranian-born mayor in the country, given the results of a final vote count Wednesday. "There's no guarantee, but that's the tradition," said City Clerk Byron Pope of Beverly Hills about the current vice mayor's advancement to the top post. The position of mayor is bestowed on an annual rotating basis.

Beverly Hills' Iranian-born Mayor Jimmy Delshad plans to call today for the city to eliminate its pension fund investments in foreign companies operating in Iran. The largely symbolic action is intended to rally support for a movement in California and other states to isolate the Middle Eastern nation. The proposal, aimed at Iran's widely perceived role in sponsoring terrorism, is especially poignant in Beverly Hills, where officials say about 25% of the nearly 34,000 residents are Iranian.

Beverly Hills' Iranian-born Mayor Jimmy Delshad plans to call today for the city to eliminate its pension fund investments in foreign companies operating in Iran. The largely symbolic action is intended to rally support for a movement in California and other states to isolate the Middle Eastern nation. The proposal, aimed at Iran's widely perceived role in sponsoring terrorism, is especially poignant in Beverly Hills, where officials say about 25% of the nearly 34,000 residents are Iranian.

Jimmy Delshad, 66, elected to his second term on the Beverly Hills City Council by a 171-vote margin, will probably become the first Iranian-born mayor in the country, given the results of a final vote count Wednesday. "There's no guarantee, but that's the tradition," said City Clerk Byron Pope of Beverly Hills about the current vice mayor's advancement to the top post. The position of mayor is bestowed on an annual rotating basis.