Javad Shahrestani ( Persian : جواد شهرستانی ; 1924 – 9 July 2016 ) was an Iranian engineer, academic and politician who served as the mayor of the City of Tehran . He was the last mayor to serve under the Pahlavi dynasty . Born in Mashhad , he first became the mayor of Tehran in 1968 and served until 1969, when he was appointed first to the governorship of Kermanshah from 1969 to 1973 by the Shah of Iran ; he was replaced by Gholamreza Nikpey . He was later appointed to the cabinet and was the Minister of Transportation from 1973 to 1976. In 1977 he succeeded Nikpey as mayor and remained in the position until the Islamic Revolution of 1979.