Iran's parliament has approved a government bill to establish a separate ministry for trade more than a decade after the country decided to integrate its trade and industry activities into one government department. In an open session on Sunday, members of the Iranian parliament (aka Majlis) approved a bill that had been submitted with two degrees ...

Issuing a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian Parliament members condemned the opening of Azerbaijan's embassy in the Occupied Palestinian territories. "The government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, acting in disbelief and against the interests of the Islamic world, opened an embassy in the center of Israel and the Occupied al-Quds and introduced ...

Lawmakers at the Iranian parliament cast their votes to the cabinet proposed by President Ebrahim Raeisi on Wednesday afternoon. Hujjat Al-Islam Seyed Esmaeil Khatib gained the trust of the MPs and became the next Intelligence Minister with 222 yes votes. Also, Ehsan Khandouzi became the next Economy Minister with 254 yes votes. Hossein Amir-...

President Ebrahim Raisi said now it is time to use the existing huge capacities to pave the way for a powerful Iran. President Raisi made the remarks when heattended the Majlis meeting held for discussing his proposed ministers on Saturday todefendhis picks as ministers. It is time to use the existing huge capacities to pave the way for ...

The open session of theIranian Parliament to review the qualifications of the proposed ministers of the 13th administration began with the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi. Chaired by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Saturday, the open session ofthe Iranian Parliament tostart the process of giving or denying votes ...

President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the list of people nominated to take ministerial posts to Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) for vote of confidence. After PresidentRaisi's administration confirmed submission of the list of proposed ministers on Wednesday, IRNA obtained the list which is as follows: Javad Owji, Oil Minister Ahmad Vahidi, Minister ...

The majority of Iranian lawmakers have hailed the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)s move to restart the enrichment of uranium at 20-percent purity level as part of a law recently adopted by the Parliament (Majlis). In a statement on Tuesday, 190 legislators threw their weight behind Irans nuclear industry for its resumption of 20% uranium ...

An Iranian parliamentary commission condemned a resolution that the European Parliament has adopted on the human rights situation in Iran. In a statement released on Saturday, the Iranian Parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Commission strongly condemned the European Parliaments interference in the internal affairs of Iran after the ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his administration is opposed to an action plan against sanctions that is under discussion at the Parliament, saying the emergency bill, if passed into law, will be detrimental to the diplomatic process aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. Rouhani made the remarks during a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday,...

Iran's Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Hossein-Ali Amiri on Wednesday presented the 2,400 billion tomans budget bill for the next fiscal year to Majlis (Parliament). Iranian next year will start on March 21, 2021. The next year's budget bill focused on infrastructure reforms, health, creating jobs, non-oil exports and ...

A top Iranian parliamentary committee advances a motion outlining the Islamic Republics nuclear countermeasures against the United States sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic. Convening on Tuesday, Majlis (the Iranian Parliament)'s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy approved Articles 4 and 5 of the Strategic Countermeasures against ...

The urgency of a strategic plan to counter anti-Iran sanctions was approved at the open session of the Iranian Parliament on Monday. In the open session of the Iranian Parliament on Monday, during which 217 Iranian lawmakers were present, the urgency of the proposed motion to counter ant-Iran sanctions was approved with 196 votes in favor, 6 against,...

Parliament Speaker announced that the body has made new decisions about the swap of goods, supply of foreign exchange as well as improving imports and export procedures. "In this closed session on Wednesday, attended by the Industry Minister Razm Hosseini, economic subjects including the priorities of the ministry, setting the goods' prices,...

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in a telephone conversation on Monday conferred on bilateral relations and regional developments. During the telephone conversation today, Qalibaf and Volodin discussed the latest developments in bilateral relations and regional issues. Iranian ...

Slamming gross human rights violations in Europe, Iran Parliaments National Security, and Foreign Policy Commission issued a statement in reaction to the baseless claims of European states over human right violation in Iran. The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament issued a statement on Tuesday in reaction to ...

Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday gave vote of confidence to new Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Ali-Reza Razm-Hosseini. Razm-Hosseini got approval of Majlis with 175 votes in favor to become the new minister of industry, mine and trade. Majlis had denied vote of confidence to President Rouhanis first pick for the position, Hossein Modares Khiabani,...

Al-Monitor - The tough road ahead of President Hassan Rouhani in the upcoming closing year of his term is expected to be made even even bumpier by the new ultraconservative legislature. Irans 11th parliament officially began its mandate May 27 following a ceremony attended by many of the country's most powerful men, including moderate President ...

Al-Monitor | Alireza Noori: As expected, conservatives (known as Principlists) won Iran's parliamentary election Feb. 21 with about 85% of the vote. This election was a revival for conservatives after their defeat in previous parliamentary and presidential elections. More importantly, conservatives' victory could be a prelude to a win in next years ...

March 3, The Iran Project - Abdolreza Mesri, deputy of Iran's parliament speaker, said 23 lawmakers have tested positive for coronavirus, YJC news agency reported. The parliamentary official made the remarks, referring to the closure of the open sessions of parliament, in talks with reporters on Tuesday, amid coronavirus outbreak in the country ...

Financial Tribune - Economic analysts and business people have time and again called for reforming Irans decades-old Trade Law. However, they also strongly disapprove of legislators ongoing rush to pass the new reform bill. During a weeklong stretch this month, Iranian parliamentarians approved 12 chapters and 331 articles of Book of Commercial ...