 By law and practice, religious minorities can be elected to a representative body or to hold senior government or military positions, and have 5 of a total 270 seats in the majlis reserved for religious minorities.Three of these seats are reserved for members of the Christian faith, including two seats for the country's Armenian Christians, and one for Assyrians.There is also one seat for a member of the Jewish faith, and one for a member of the Zoroastrian faith.