The Islamic Consultative Assembly (Persian:مجلس شورای اسلامیMajles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majlis (or Majles, مجلس), or the People's House (خانه ملت), is the national legislative body of Iran. The Parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election. The recent election took place on 2 March 2012 and the new parliament was opened on 27 May 2012.
History
Imperial State of Iran: National Consultative Assembly
It was created by the Iran Constitution of 1906 and first convened on 6 November 1906 (Iranian Calendar: 1285-Mehr-13), soon gaining power under the rule of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Noteworthy bills passed by the Parliament under the Pahlavi Dynasty include the Oil Nationalization Bill (15 March 1951) and the Family Protection Law (1967), which gave women many basic rights such as custody of children in the case of divorce.
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Iranian Parliament Approves Nuclear Deal
Iran's parliament approved the outline of the bill on the nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers.
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Iran attacks: Armed men storm parliament and Khomeini shrine
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Lawmakers chant 'death to America' in Iranian parliament
The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential commanders will certainly be a military response "against military sites." In an exclusive interview with CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Hossein Dehghan, the military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, said: "The response for sure will be military and against military sites." #CNN #News
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Officials including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to link turnout directly to taking a stand against Iran's enemies.
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Iran's parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad to face questioning over the biggest banking fraud in the country's history.
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Iran's parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad to face questioning over the biggest banking fraud in the country's history.
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Iran's parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad to face questioning over the biggest banking fraud in the country's history.
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The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential commanders will c...
The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential commanders will certainly be a military response "against military sites." In an exclusive interview with CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Hossein Dehghan, the military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, said: "The response for sure will be military and against military sites." #CNN #News
The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential commanders will certainly be a military response "against military sites." In an exclusive interview with CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Hossein Dehghan, the military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, said: "The response for sure will be military and against military sites." #CNN #News
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Iranian Parliament convenes for its first session since the death of the President, Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi was confirmed dead in a helicopter crash in Iran's Azerbaijan province. Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollihian, was also killed in the crash. Raisi's death came amid rising tensions with the West and Israel amid war in Gaza. Watch the broadcast to know more.
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Iran's parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad to face questioning over the biggest banking fraud in the country's history.
It's thought Ahmadinejad will appear before the assembly within the next ten days.
Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports.
The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential commanders will certainly be a military response "against military sites." In an exclusive interview with CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Hossein Dehghan, the military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, said: "The response for sure will be military and against military sites." #CNN #News
The Islamic Consultative Assembly (Persian:مجلس شورای اسلامیMajles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majlis (or Majles, مجلس), or the People's House (خانه ملت), is the national legislative body of Iran. The Parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election. The recent election took place on 2 March 2012 and the new parliament was opened on 27 May 2012.
History
Imperial State of Iran: National Consultative Assembly
It was created by the Iran Constitution of 1906 and first convened on 6 November 1906 (Iranian Calendar: 1285-Mehr-13), soon gaining power under the rule of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Noteworthy bills passed by the Parliament under the Pahlavi Dynasty include the Oil Nationalization Bill (15 March 1951) and the Family Protection Law (1967), which gave women many basic rights such as custody of children in the case of divorce.
TEHRAN – The spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's Board of Directors announced that a closed-door session was held to discuss the recent surge in exchange rates and pressing economic issues facing the country ... .
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A female Iranian singer who refused to wear a hijab and was ... It follows the introduction of a newer and harsher 'Hijab and chastity' bill which was approved by Iranian Parliament earlier this month.
TEHRAN – In an interview with ISNA, Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, the former spokesperson of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, underscored the significance of Iran's diplomatic engagement with Egypt... .
Even more surprisingly, its political elites had been especially hard-hit, with a full 10% of the entire Iranian parliament soon infected and at least a dozen of its officials and politicians dying of ...
A report by the Iranian parliament has blamed gasoil sales by Iran’s largest oil refinery this summer for a current fuel shortage in the country’s power plants that has led to scheduled power cuts in many towns and cities.
What about Iran’s nuclear program? And here, you can look at the public statements of Iranian officials, which have changed in the last few months as ... Members of Iranian parliament (inaudible).
A woman was arrested in Iran after she posted a video of herself singing without a hijab on YouTube, even though the Iranian parliament passed a new, stricter law on women's modesty that rights groups have criticized.
Iranian authorities have triggered widespread outrage after a ... It follows the introduction of a newer and harsher 'Hijab and chastity' bill which was approved by Iranian Parliament earlier this month.
The latest cause for domestic murmurings was the introduction of a newer and harsher “Hijab and ChastityBill,” approved by the Iranian parliament earlier this month, which mandates the ...
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the continuation of the Islamic Republic’s support for the resistance front will be among the “most important and leading” strategies to ensure national security and boost power.
The new laws, which were passed by the hardline Iranian parliament earlier this month, have introduced severe penalties for women in the name of promoting a 'culture of chastity and hijab'.