Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for a revision of the Constitution to introduce a multi-party system. Speaking at a Monday meeting on basic and civil rights, Rouhani proposed a revision of the Constitution. He said the Iranian Constitution has not been based upon a multi-party system, meaning that people vote for individuals, not parties,...

MNA Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran has remarkable potentials which need to be utilized properly. In an interview with the Persian daily Sazandegi, Larijani referred to the recent debates over making some changes in the countrys Constitution, saying that the Constitution has remarkable ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian lawmaker rejected the notion that presence of Russian military jets in an Iranian airbase violates the Constitution, reiterating that the warplanes use the base only for refueling. Speaking to Tasnim, Chairman of the Iranian Parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Article ...

Tehran, June 23, IRNA Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Tuesday that the newly-approved motion of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) about outcomes of the ongoing nuclear talks stands against the Iranian Constitution. Spkeaing at his weekly press briefing, Nobakht said the motion to oblige the government to safeguard nuclear achievements ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Deputy head of the Iranian Judiciarys Human Rights Council praised the countrys legislative structure and its performance on human rights issues, saying that Iran is among worlds top countries on the protection of the rights. Most advanced laws for the protection of human rights are enforced in Iran, Kazem Gharibabadi said, ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Most Iranian dailies on Monday led on a first conference on economy held in Tehran a day earlier. In the conference the president said the Iranian Constitution envisions ...

TEHRAN Irans president said Sunday that he might invoke a powerful but neglected tool in his fight with hard-liners, suggesting the possibility of organizing direct referendums that would bypass the institutions the conservatives control and give more of a voice to Iranian voters. President Hassan Rouhani, speaking during a conference on the countrys ...

Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani highlighted an article of the Iranian Constitution which proposes public referendum for setting up regulations on certain important issues. Addressing the opening of an economic conference here on Sunday, the president noted that one significant article of the Iranian Constitution has been neglected so ...

Majlis Presiding Boardspokesman told FNAreporter on Tuesday that the motion of 'questioning Ahmadinejad' will be reviewed in the Majlis open courtyard on March 11. Reporting Tuesday meeting of Members of the Board, Mohsen Kouhkan, representative of Lenjan and Presiding Boardspokesman stated that the time of reviewing the motion of 'questioning Ahmadinejad' ...