Conservative ex-Tehran mayor Ghalibaf elected Iran speaker
AFP – Iran’s newly formed parliament on Thursday elected former Tehran mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf as its speaker, consolidating the power of conservatives…
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Photos: Qalibaf elected as new speaker of Iran’s Parliament
ISNA | Farzad Khabooshani: Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former mayor of Tehran and President Hassan Rouhani’s main rival in the 2017 presidential…
Qalibaf elected Iran’s new parliament speaker
Tasnim – Iranian lawmakers on Thursday elected Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former mayor of Tehran, as the new speaker of the Parliament.…
Iran’s coverage: Iran’s 11th Parliament starts work
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: 11th Parliament inauguration ceremony kicks off in Tehran The inauguration ceremony for…
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…
Govt. ready for close coop with new Parl. according to constitution
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani says the government is ready for close cooperation with the new Parliament within the frameworks of the…
Leader asks MPs to work on ‘culture and economy’ as two priorities of country
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a message to the new Parliament which was read…
11th Parliament inauguration ceremony kicks off in Tehran
MNA – The inauguration ceremony for the 11th Iranian Parliament after the Islamic Revolution has kicked off in Tehran with elected MPs…
President, judiciary chief to attend opening of new Iranian Parliament
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi, and Secretary of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati will…
Iran’s Parliament passes anti-Israeli motion
Tasnim – Iran’s lawmakers ratified a bill on Monday to counter the hostile measures of the Zionist regime of Israel. In an…
Iran parliamentary commission approves plan to thwart Israeli plots against peace
IRNA – Iranian Parliamentary Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy approved a plan on Saturday to oblige the Government when it…
Iran’s parliament passes bill to confront Israel’s plots
IRNA – Iranian lawmakers approved a double-urgency bill on Tuesday that will take due measures towards the Zionist regime of Israel’s plots…
Majlis tightens controls on forex smuggling
Financial Tribune – Lawmakers on Sunday voted in favor of modifying laws related to currency and goods smuggling, increasing fines and penalties…
Iran’s FM to attend parliamentary session
Tasnim – Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif will be taking part in an upcoming session of the Parliament’s National Security…
Iran’s hard-liners in tug of war over parliament speakership
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran’s new parliament, which is to be inaugurated May 28, is seeing an spirited battle between a number…
Zarif to brief Iranian MPs on Iraq, Syria developments
Tasnim – Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif will go to a parliamentary commission meeting on Wednesday to brief the lawmakers…
Iran lawmakers reject proposal to be quarantined in Parliament
Radio Farda – Iranian lawmakers have rejected a proposal to remain in quarantine in the building of the Parliament in the next…
Majlis: Iran will enrich uranium unless EU gives objective guarantees to honor JCPOA
IRNA – Majlis National Security Commission said on Wednesday that Iran will enrich uranium unless the European Union gives objective guarantees to…
Photos: Open session of Parliament on Tuesday
Tasnim | Mohsen Norouzifard: Chaired by First Deputy Parliament Speaker Masoud Pezeshkian, the open session of the Iranian Parliament was held on…
Iran Parliament reconvenes even as coronavirus infects its ranks
Bloomberg – Iran’s parliament reconvened on Tuesday for the first time since it shut down Feb. 25 over the new coronavirus, even…
Supreme Leader agrees to use Article 85 of Constitution for budget of next Iranian year
IRNA – The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday agreed with the request made by the…
‘Iran parliament to decide whether to suspend sessions due to viral outbreak’
Press TV – An Iranian lawmaker says the country’s parliament is considering whether to suspend sessions due to the outbreak of the…
Majlis rejects outlines of next fiscal budget bill
Financial Tribune – The Iranian Parliament, also known as Majlis, rejected the outlines of the upcoming fiscal year’s (starting March 20, 2020)…
Parliament holds closed session to discuss Covid-19 outbreak in Iran
MNA – Iranian lawmakers are holding a closed session to discuss the latest status of coronavirus outbreak and ways to combat the…
Majlis speaker highlights significant role of parliament in decision making
IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani attended parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran on Friday, saying that parliament is one…
Iran ends week-long campaigning for parliamentary elections
Press TV – Campaigning has officially ended for Iran’s 11th parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections as the country prepares to hold…
Motion for Iran to quit nuclear proliferation treaty enters parliament
Reuters – A motion for Iran to quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was introduced in parliament on Tuesday, the assembly’s news…
Lawmakers to review JCPOA implementation
IRNA – Members of the Iranian parliament will discuss the report of the national security and foreign policy commission on the implementation…
Veteran bankers defy Iran’s new banking bill
Financial Tribune – The Majlis ratified the outlines of banking rules under the “Comprehensive Islamic Banking Bill” in December. It includes three…
Photos: Zarif attends Parl. session on Monday
ISNA | Alireza Masoumi: Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif answered MPs’ questions in an open session on Monday.
Zarif to Majlis: I’ve made most statements to defend Iran’s missile power
IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said in Majlis on Monday that he has made the most statements to defend Iran’s missile…
Majlis to decide about Iran’s cooperation with IAEA
IRNA – Members of Parliament) announced in a statement that it will decide about Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.…
MPs mulling plan to reduce Iran’s relations with EU3
Tasnim – A number of Iranian lawmakers have started working on a plan to scale down the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic relations with…
Salami briefs MPs on unintentional downing of Ukranian plane by IRGC
MNA – In a closed session on Sunday, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Chief Major General Hossein Salami explained about the conditions…
Lawmakers back IRGC against enemies’ abuse of recent incidents
MNA – Iranian lawmakers have thrown their weight behind the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) against the enemies’ exploitation of the current…
Iranian parliament to review plane crash in open session
IRNA – Iranian parliament will review the recent airplane crash near Tehran in an open session on Sunday, parliamentarian Tayyebeh Siavashi said.…
Iran parliament passes motion designating US Army, Pentagon as terrorist
Tasnim – Iran’s lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response…
Majlis examines details of US assassination of Gen Soleimani
IRNA – National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) on Friday evening discussed different aspects of the US assassination…
MPs write to leader on FATF issue
IRNA – A number of Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Supreme Leader to order facilitation of approval of the four bills…
MPs write to leader on FATF issue
IRNA – A number of Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Supreme Leader to order facilitation of approval of the four bills…