Parvaneh Mafi is in the Councils and Internal Affairs Commission, Soheila Jelodarzadeh and Nahid Tajeddin are in the Social Affairs Commission, and Fatemeh Saeedi is in the Education and Research Commission, ISNA reported.

 

Also, Seyedeh Hamideh Zarabadi is in the Industries and Mines Commission, and Fatemeh Zolqadr is in the Cultural Commission of Majlis.

 

The current Iranian parliament has more women than the last parliaments, with 17 women, setting a new record for the Islamic Republic, with the previous highest number of female MPs being 14.

 

There are 290 seats in the parliament.

 

The parliamentary elections were held on February 26, when more than 60 percent of some 55 million eligible voters cast their ballots at around 53,000 polling stations across the country.

 

The run-off votes were also held in late April to fill the remaining seats.

 

NM/