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2022-01-12 16:39
Water transfer plan from Sea of Oman takes effect
TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament (Majlis) has approved a bill, mandating the government to implement a plan for transferring water from the Sea of Oman to the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province which has long been grappling with water scarcity.
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2021-12-18 21:22
Senior MP elaborates on some aspects of Vienna talks
TEHRAN — Speaking on a live TV program on Friday night, head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament touched on many issues, including the Vienna talks.
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2021-11-16 11:35
Iranian parliament refuses to endorse proposed education minister
TEHRAN - The Iranian parliament on Tuesday refused to vote for proposed education minister Masoud Fayazi.
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2021-09-18 18:39
Permanent membership in SCO will break economic bans on Iran: MP
TEHRAN - A member of the Planning and Budget Committee of the Iranian Parliament is of the opinion that Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will end the “economic sanctions” on Iran.
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2021-06-09 22:16
MPs representing religious minorities call for massive turnout in elections
TEHRAN – Legislators representing the religious minorities in the Iranian parliament issued a statement on Wednesday calling on the people to participate massively in the June 18 presidential and council elections.
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2021-05-02 22:12
Parliament proposes bill to create two additional ministries
TEHRAN— A group of members of the parliament have prepared a plan to establish two ministries, "Energy" and "Water and Environment".
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2021-03-16 15:16
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Plan on population growth, family support approved
TEHRAN – The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) approved on Tuesday to implement a population growth and family support plan for 7 years to change the declining trend of childbearing.
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2021-03-13 18:49
Parliament seeking to lessen sanctions impact: Qalibaf
TEHRAN- Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Parliament speaker, on Saturday stressed the need to lift economic sanctions against Iran, giving assurances that the parliament is endeavoring to reduce the impacts of U.S. embargoes.
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2021-02-12 16:46
Birth rate in Iran declines by 5% in 6 months on year
TEHRAN – The number of births registered in Iran during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2020) shows a decrease of five percent compared to the same period last year.
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2020-12-13 22:22
Iran will not accept new nuclear deal: MP
TEHRAN – Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadai, a member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has ruled out any possibility of Iran agreeing to a new deal on its nuclear program.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
