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All News about Iranian Parliament – Iran’s Parliament, separate from the government, is an elected chamber of lawmakers with its own factions and responsibilities. The Parliament section of IFP News offers up-to-date coverage of everything related to the Majlis, or Parliament.

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Iranian MPs Vote to Step Up Acid Attack Punishment

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The Iranian Parliament has passed legislation that steps up punishment for acid attacks and provides more support to survivors of such horrendous acts.
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Iran Parliament Passes Bill that Lets Mothers Pass Nationality to Children

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Iranian lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill presented by the government which allows children with an Iranian mother and a non-Iranian father to ask for the country’s citizenship.
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Iran to Punish Sides Supporting US’ Blacklisting of IRGC

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Iranian lawmakers have passed a law based on which any state, individual or body which puts its weight behind the US move to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization will face Iran’s tit-for-tat measure.
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Iranian, Saudi Delegations Attend Rare Parliamentary Summit in Iraq

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The first parliamentary summit of the six neighbouring countries of Iraq entitled "Iraq; Stability and Development" has begun in capital Baghdad, with delegations from Iran and Saudi Arabia in attendance.
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Iranian MPs Chant ‘Death to America’ Wearing IRGC Uniform

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Following the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a terror group by the United States, Iran’s parliament speaker and almost all other lawmakers put on the IRGC’s uniform, and chanted “Death to America” slogan.
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Iran Bars MPs from Running for More than 3 Consecutive Terms

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Iranian lawmakers have passed a new election bill that bans members of the parliament from running for the position again after serving for three consecutive terms.
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Iran Parliament Allows Gov’t to Get $5 Billion Loan from Russia

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The Iranian parliament has extended a licence allowing the government to receive a total of $5 billion loan from Russia for infrastructure projects.
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Iran-UAE Ties “Unaccetpble” Due to Abu Dhabi’s Mistakes

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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said relations between the UAE and Iran have decreased to an “unacceptable” level due to strategic mistakes the Arab country’s rulers have made in recent years.
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Iran’s Parliamentary Delegation in Syria for Talks

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A high-ranking delegation of Iranian lawmakers travelled to Syria on Sunday, in a trip aimed at boosting parliamentary relations between the two countries as calm is gradually returning to the war-torn Arab country.
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Iranian President Submits Budget Bill to Parliament

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has appeared before lawmakers on Tuesday to submit an annual budget of $47.5 billion for the next Iranian calendar year (to start on March 21).
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Larijani: Zionists’ Atrocities Should Be Exposed to World

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Iran’s top lawmaker has called for increased efforts to expose brutal crimes committed by the Israeli regime against the oppressed Palestinian nation, as it helps garner stronger support for the Palestinian cause.
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Iranian MPs Pass Amendment to CFT Bill

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Iranian lawmakers have approved an amendment to a bill on Iran’s accession to the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention, which was earlier rejected by the Guardian Council.
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Tehran to Host Six-Nation Conference on Fight against Terrorism

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The Iranian capital is to host the second edition of an international gathering of Parliament speakers from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, China and Russia on fight against terrorism and expansion of inter-regional ties.
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MPs Seeking to Impeach FM Zarif at Wrong Time: Conservative Daily

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A senior conservative daily says the lawmakers’ efforts to impeach the Iranian foreign minister are not the right thing to do at this point in time.
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Zarif Summoned to Parliament for Money Laundering Remarks

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The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy commission has summoned Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to clarify his controversial remarks about “rampant” money laundering in Iran, which have drawn angry reactions from political and media circles.
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All Ministerial Picks Endorsed by Iran Parliament

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Iran's Parliament has given the vote of confidence to all candidates proposed by President Hassan Rouhani to fill in the four vacant ministerial positions.
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Parliament Approves Iran’s CFT Accession

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Iranian legislators have passed a bill that gives the government the green light to join an international convention on fighting the sponsoring of terrorism.
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Protest Rally Held before Iran Parliament against FATF-Related Bill

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A crowd of conservatives gathered in front of the Iranian parliament on Sunday to protest against a bill on Iran’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention, which is to be put to a vote in the parliament this week.
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Iran Parliament Passes FATF Bills; Expediency Council to Make Final Call

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Iran’s Parliament speaker says two parliamentary bills required for Iran’s accession to the global anti-money laundering body FATF have been unanimously ratified by the Parliament after being rejected by the Guardian Council, and will soon be put to vote at the country’s Expediency Council.
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All Retired Officials Still Working in Iran Must Resign

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Iran’s parliament speaker sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday, asking the government to implement a parliamentary amendment to a law that urges all retired officials to leave their offices in two months.
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Iranian MPs to Review Bill on Iran’s CFT Accession

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The Iranian parliament is to review a bill on Iran’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), which was earlier proposed by the government as part of measures to adopt the standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FTAF).
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Iran’s Economy Minister Sacked by Parliament

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Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbasian could not survive an impeachment by the Iranian Parliament and will have to leave his office.
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Iran Parliament Summons FM Zarif to Explain Caspian Sea Legal Regime

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will appear in the parliament to respond to questions about the newly-signed convention on the Caspian Sea legal regime.
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Iran’s Labour Minister Voted Out of Office

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Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare Ali Rabiee has been voted out of office in an impeachment session in Parliament.
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Iran Parliament Adopts Motions to Support Women, Children

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Iranian lawmakers have adopted a number of motions to further support and protect the rights of women and children in the Islamic Republic.
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