Iranian parliament

2020-06-21 22:49

Iranian parliament calls on government to stop implementing Additional Protocol in response to IAEA resolution

TEHRAN – Iran’s new parliament have issued a statement strongly condemning an anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors, asking the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol to the NPT.

2020-05-27 18:10

Photo: Majid Asgaripour

11th Iranian Parliament inaugurated

At a ceremony on May 27, 2020, the new Iranian Parliament (Majlis), the 11th of its kind since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was opened. Dignitaries, including President Hassan Rouhani, Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, and tens of other high-ranking officials, attended the inauguration ceremony.

2020-02-04 11:21

Parl. key committee strongly condemns U.S.-proposed Mideast plan

TEHRAN — Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee issued a statement late on Monday condemning the so-called “deal of the century”, asking all parliaments of Muslim countries to support the democratic solution of the referendum in the occupied lands

2019-11-13 20:43

University professor argues joining FATF will narrow down pressure on Iran

TEHRAN – A university professor has opined that the core of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is monetary transparency, so joining to the body will remarkably slow down international pressure on Iran.

2019-10-23 20:50

Iranian MP: Talks over FATF meaningless under sanctions

TEHRAN – The rapporteur for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Wednesday that talking about ratifying a bill related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is not logical when the country is under sanctions.

2019-10-07 18:30

Iranian mothers allowed to pass on citizenship to children

TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament (Majlis) on Monday declared a law to the government allowing children of an Iranian mother and foreign father to get Iranian citizenship.

2019-07-23 19:24

Iranian parliament urges release of prominent cleric Zakzaky

TEHRAN – A number of Iranian MPs issued a statement on Tuesday urging release of Nigerian Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.

2019-01-12 21:03

Budget review committee to submit report on budget bill in a month

TEHRAN- Iranian parliament (Majlis)’s ad hoc budget review committee will submit its report on the administration’s proposed budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starting March 21, 2019) to the parliament within a month, IRIB reported on Saturday.

An interior view of the Iranian parliament

2018-10-07 11:42

Iranian parliament approves bill to combat financing of terrorism

TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament on Sunday voted in favor of CFT, a legislation to combat financing of terrorism.

2018-05-13 14:15

8 accomplices in Daesh attack on Iranian parliament get death sentence

TEHRAN – Eight accomplices in Daesh (ISIL) attacks on Iranian parliament in 2017 have been sentenced to death, Tehran Revolution Court chief Mousa Ghazanfarabadi announced on Sunday.

A view of Shrafkhaneh port, northeast coast of Lake Urmia. Photo by Mohammad Ali Haqshenas / Tehran Times

2018-04-20 13:15

‘Without restoration plan, Lake Urmia would have been fully drained by now’

TEHRAN – If there had not been any plan to restore Lake Urmia, it would have been completely drained by now, Department of Environment chief Isa Kalantari said on Wednesday.

2018-01-31 18:02

Iranian parliament approves budget bill outlines

TEHRAN- After approving the outlines of the government’s proposed budget for the next Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2018) Iranian Parliament (Majlis) started investigating the bill in detail on Wednesday, IRNA reported.

2018-01-03 09:24

Traffic fines to help curb Tehran’s air pollution

TEHRAN — Majlis (the Iranian parliament) has mandated Tehran municipality to spend traffic fines on implementing measures to abate air pollution in the capital, ISNA reported on Tuesday.

A poster for Iranian filmmaker Satiar Emami’s documentary “A Caption for a Photo”

2017-11-04 17:59

Doc depicts happy end to story on ISIS attack in Tehran

TEHRAN – Iranian photographer and filmmaker Satiar Emami has made a documentary titled “A Caption for a Photo” that spotlights a happy ending to the bitter story of Emad Esmaeilnejad, a two-year-old boy who survived the ISIS attack on the Iranian parliament on June 7, 2017.