IRNA Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved outlines of a bill to develop a joint free trade zone of Iran and the Eurasian nations in the context of Eurasian Economic Union. The bill, related to an agreement of joint free trade zone was approved by 174 votes in favor and 4 against. Ali-Akbar Karimi, member of parliament, said that the move would ...

MNA The lawmakers in Iranian Parliament have given permission to the government to take a $5bn loan from Russia to allow ownership of capital assets. Thelawmakers in Iranian Parliament continued to discuss the next year (1398) budget bill in today's session and agreed with Part B of the Annex 3 of the bill which detailsthe income ...

Mizan - Iran Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani at the head of a delegation arrived in the Japanese capital of Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand bilateral relations. while in Tokyo, he visited Aqualine Underwater Tunnel, Sea Road, as well as Central Office ofPanasonic Company and also held talks withIran-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group.  ...

IRNA - Spokesman for Mining and Industries Commission of the Iranian Parliament said that 18 million tons of mineral are produced in the country, of which $10 billion of minerals are annually exported as final products or intermediates. Vali Maleki said on Sunday, 'Nearly $14 billion has been invested in mining projects and 45,000 people are engaged ...

IRNA Senior Iranian and Iraqi lawmakers in a meeting on Saturday underlined development of two countries' relations. Tehran and Baghdad will develop their close and strategic relations, Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran parliament (Majlis) speaker's advisor for international affairs said. He made the remarks in a meeting with Mohammed Salem Al-Ghabban,...

MNA Parliament has began a session Wed. to review a report by National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on the bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). The Wednesday open session at the Iranian Parliament, chaired by Ali Larijani and attended by 201 lawmakers, has began reviewing a report submitted ...

MNA The Spokesman for the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Ali Najafi Khoshroudi said Sun. that Iran economic relations with Iraq and Syria was discussed during a meeting at the Parliament. Ali Najafi Khoshroudi told Mehr News Agency (MNA) correspondent that in the meeting held at the commission building, the deputy economic ...

Tasnim Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani ordered the Education Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding a bus crash at a Tehran university that killed a number of people, mostly students. Speaking at an open session of the parliament on Sunday, Larijani described the recent bus crash at the Islamic Azad University as a tragic ...

IRNA The Iranian religious minorities have the same civil rights as other people in the country and are totally free to do their cultural and religious activities, said an Assyrian member of Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) on Wednesday. 'Assyrians are one of the oldest residents of Iran that have lived alongside other people in the country in peace ...

Tehran, Oct 31, IRNA A senior Foreign Ministry official has announced that Iran will sign the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) after Majlis (Parliament) expresses its written approval. It seems that Majlis has no problem with the issue, Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim ...

Iran inaugurates its Tenth Majlis (Parliament), with senior government and military officials in attendance and amid heavy media coverage. On Saturday, the legislature hosted the aspirants, who secured the nations trust during two rounds of general elections on February 26 and April 29. Reformists swept the polls, winning close to 42 percent ...

Tehran, May 7, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani called for coordination between the Iranian lawmakers and his government in order to help implement the domestic affairs. The chief executive, meantime, pointed to status quo of oil exports from Iran, and said, The country will return to pre-sanction era soon and some banking problems will also be gradually ...

Tehran, May 2, IRNA Iranian Parliament has given permission to the government to grant Iranian nationality to non-Iranian martyrs. The majlis members, in their Monday morning session, referred to certain articles in law to give green light to the government to grant citizenship to the spouses, children and parents of those people who were non-Iranians ...

Tehran, July 16, IRNA Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will go to Majlis on Tuesday to provide the parliamentarians with a report on the Iran-G5+1 talks, which led to the Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action (CJPOA). Majlis Vice Speaker Mohammad Hassan Abutorabifard said on Wednesday ...

Iran's conservative-dominated parliament wants Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to brief it on a nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers and will examine the agreement in a "constructive spirit", official media reported on Wednesday. Under the accord announced on Tuesday, international sanctions will be lifted in exchange for Iran agreeing ...

Tehran, July 13, The Iran Project An Iranian lawmaker says the plan to make parliamentary elections provincial will not come into force until Irans parliamentary elections in February. Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Javad Kolivand said given the objections raised by the Guardian Council against provincial parliamentary elections plan, it cannot take ...

Tehran, June 7, The Iran Project - A senior Iranian official says the plan to make parliamentary elections provincial has been revoked, adding that three branches of the government are not allowed to interfere in the elections. The plan to make parliamentary elections provincial has been removed from the general policies of the elections, said ...

Tehran, June 20, The Iran Project Iran MPs suggestion that parties and coalitions should be required to allocate 30 percent of their parliamentary electoral lists to female candidates has been rejected. Head of the Iranian Parliament's Women Fraction Fatemeh Rahbar suggested that parties and coalitions that provide an electoral list for provincial ...

Tehran, June 24, The Iran Project At the first meeting of the central committee of election monitoring which held on Wednesday, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati was appointed as the head of the committee. At the first meeting of the central committee for monitoring Irans tenth parliamentary election and fifth election of the Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Irans parliament passes bill to protect nuclear achievements Irans parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a bill subjecting the credibility of the results of nuclear talks between Tehran and six world powers to complying with a series of requirements meant to safeguard Irans ...