Iranian MPs visit Nagorno-Karabakh border
A group of Iranian lawmakers paid a visit to the country’s border areas near the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where fighting has broken out…
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Iranian MPs table motion on JCPOA exit if snapback triggered
Tasnim – A group of Iranian lawmakers put forward a motion for an automatic withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal in case…
Leader meets with lawmakers via videoconferencing
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with members of the Parliament through videoconferencing on Sunday noon.…
Nine Iranian MPs test positive for coronavirus
Al-Monitor – Iran has continued to see a rise in coronavirus-related deaths as the virus spreads across provinces. Iran has seen its…
Photos: Zarif addresses Parliament open session
ISNA | Hadi Zand: Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif answered the questions of the Iranian lawmakers in the open session of the…
Photos: Ceremony to mark start of new Parliament
ISNA | Farzad Khabooshani: Elected MPs and senior officials of the country attend a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the start of…
Iran chops off zeroes from currency, changes ‘rial’ to ‘toman’
MNA – Iranian lawmakers approved on Monday a monetary bill to shave four zeroes off the national currency. As per the bill…
Lawmakers offer 20% of their wages to corona-affected people
MNA – Iranian parliamentarians have decided to allocate 20% of their next month’s salary to those families affected by the economic consequences…
MPs mulling over allocation of their wages to anti-coronavirus purposes
MNA – An Iranian lawmaker informed that in an open session on Tuesday, MPs have conferred on allocation of one month of…
Iranian officials call for quarantine as coronavirus spreads
Al-Monitor – As the coronavirus continues to spread in Iran, some officials have called for more restrictive measures and even quarantine of…
Iranian MPs to visit nuclear sites in coming weeks
Tasnim – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour said the members of the commission plan…
MPs okay goods exports’ exemption from taxation
MNA – With the majority votes of Parliament representatives, the export of goods and services were exempted from taxation. Representatives of the…
Iran’s commercial code reform invites turmoil
Al-monitor | Navid Kalhor: After years of delay, Iran’s parliament suddenly approved 331 articles of the first book of a massive trade…
Photos: Zarif attends Parliament’s open session on Sunday
Tasnim | Hamed Malekpour: The Iranian Parliament held an open session on Sunday chaired by Speaker Ali Larijani. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Iranian MPs put forward motion to back anti-US research centers
Tasnim – Iran’s lawmakers proposed a motion that requires the administration to provide financial and spiritual support for anti-imperialist institutions and universities…
MPs table motion to ban reporters of pro-sanctions states entry to Iran
Tasnim – A group of Iranian lawmakers have proposed a motion that reporters from countries advocating the anti-Iranian sanctions should be barred…
Iranian MPs laud Rouhani’s stance on talks with US
Tasnim – Iran’s lawmakers on Tuesday expressed their gratitude to President Hassan Rouhani for ruling out direct talks with the current US…
Iran MPs endorse Rouhani’s picks for 2 ministries
MNA – Iran’s Parliament has given the vote of confidence to both candidates proposed by President Hassan Rouhani to fill in the…
Iranian lawmakers condemn US sanction on FM Zarif
MNA – In a statement on Monday, the MPs in the Iranian Parliament condemned the US move in sanctioning the foreign minister…
Parl. approves bill to establish UN APDIM in Iran
MNA – Iranian lawmakers have given the green light to the government to establish the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development…
Lawmakers reject bill on bilateral monetary pacts
MNA – Iranian lawmakers have rejected a bill proposed by the government to conclude monetary pacts with other countries to break the…
MPs call for charging foreign ships a toll to cross Strait of Hormuz
MNA – Members of the Iranian Parliament hailed the swiftness of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in seizing a violating British…
Iranian lawmakers hail IRGC for seizure of British tanker
Press TV – Iranian lawmakers have thrown their weight behind the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for impounding a British-flagged oil tanker…
Iran parliament passes bill to up gas, oil refineries’ capacities
Tasnim – Iranian lawmakers approved the generalities of a bill to increase the capacities of the country’s oil and gas refineries. During…
Lawmakers invite Iranian nation to attend Quds Day rallies
MNA – Members of the Iranian Parliament voiced support for the Palestinian resistance and invited Iranians to take part in Friday’s Quds…
Photos: Lawmakers vote for Parliament speaker, deputies
ISNA | Farzad Khabooshani: During an open session on Sunday, Iranian lawmakers re-elected veteran politician Ali Larijani as the speaker of the…
Iranian lawmakers seek to impeach oil minister Zanganeh over mismanagement
MNA – A member of the Energy Committee at the Iranian parliament told Mehr that a group of lawmakers have called for…
Leader receives lawmakers, high-ranking officials for a meeting on Tuesday
MNA – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has received the the high-ranking officials and the lawmakers for a meeting…
Leader to receive lawmakers on Tuesday
MNA – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will receive members of the Iranian Parliament on Tuesday evening for an…
HRW welcomes passing a bill in defence of women rights by Iranian lawmakers
MNA – Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division has welcomed passing a bill…
Iran, Turkey, Russia lawmakers meet in Moscow
Press TV – The first trilateral meeting between the foreign affairs committees of parliaments of Iran, Turkey and Russia has been held…
MPs sign triple-urgency bill on designating US military as terrorist group
MNA – Iranian lawmakers on Tue. signed a ‘triple-urgency’ bill, the highest designation of importance, on labeling the US Central Command as…
Iranian lawmakers wear IRGC uniforms in mockery of US move
Tasnim – The Iranian lawmakers were sporting Islamic Revolution Guards Corps uniforms at a Tuesday’s session of the parliament to express solidarity…
Iran will retaliate in kind if US designates Guards as terrorists: MPs
Reuters – Iran will take reciprocal action against the United States if Washington designates the elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as terrorists, a…
MPs appreciate Leader’s decision to appoint Raeisi as judiciary chief
MNA – Members of the Iranian Parliament appreciated the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei’s decision to appoint Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi…
Lawmakers laud Iranian Army for successful holding of Velayat-97 drills
MNA – Members of the Iranian Parliament appreciated the Army’s Navy for successfully holding Velayat-97 military drills in late February. In a…
Lawmakers meet FM Zarif to hail his return to work
MNA – A group of lawmakers representing the Iranian Parliament’s Hope Faction have visited the Foreign Ministry building in downtown Tehran to…
Iranian parliament finishes reviewing 1398 budget bill
MNA – The lawmakers in the Iranian parliament finished reviewing the budget bill for the next fiscal year of 1398, which will…
Growing calls in Iran asking Zarif to draw back from resignation
Tasnim – More than 150 Iranian lawmakers asked President Hassan Rouhani to turn down Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation, while the…
Iran tax office told to rein in tax dodgers
Financial Tribune – Debating next year’s (March 2019-20) budget bill in the Majlis, lawmakers on Wednesday obliged the Iranian National Tax Administration…