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Iranian MP denies claim minister of industry bribed lawmakers 

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The spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board has flatly rejected the claim by an MP that Iran’s minister of industry, mines and trade gave dozens of cars to a number of lawmakers in bribes.
Parliament

Iranian MP: Industry minister bribed lawmakers to escape earlier impeachment bid

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An Iranian lawmaker claims his colleagues received 70 to 75 SUV cars to drop an earlier impeachment bid against Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Reza Fatemi Amin, ahead of yet another grilling session planned for the minister on Sunday.
Local

Iranian MP calls on minister of industries to step down 

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A member of the Iranian parliament’s industries commission has urged the country’s minister of industries to resign.
Local

Former Iranian lawmaker Emad Afrough dies at 66

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Emad Afrough, a former member of the Iranian Parliament who offered outspoken critiques of his own Principlist Party, has passed away at the age of 66.
Americas

US Congress calls on Biden to sanction Iran’s parliament over unrest

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A bipartisan coalition in the US Congress is pressuring the Biden administration to sanction nearly all of Iran’s parliament amid "the government’s crackdown on anti-government protesters."
Nuclear

MP: Iran will cut IAEA’s access to nuclear sites if US, EU activate ‘snapback’ mechanism

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An Iranian lawmaker says Tehran will end the access of inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to its nuclear facilities if the US and Europe trigger the so-called snapback procedure against Iran.
Parliament

Iranian parliament to debate bill banning comments contradictory to facts 

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Iran’s parliament is going to debate a bill proposed by MPs that would ban statements by people that contradict facts.
Parliament

Iranian MP: Double-urgent legislation would respond to EU over IRGC

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An Iranian lawmaker says a double urgent bill is ready for discussion at parliament in response to any move by the EU to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Local

MPs urge Iran’s govt. branches to help sooth economic, political tensions

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A group of Iranian lawmakers have written to the heads of the three branches of the government to adopt measures aimed at calming the political and economic tensions that have gripped the country over the past few months.
Parliament

Iran parliament not discussing closure of Strait of Hormuz: Presiding Board member

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The spokesman for the Presiding Board of the Iranian parliament says no motion regarding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is on the chamber’s agenda, after a lawmaker floated the idea on Sunday.
Parliament

Iranian MPs to vote on bill in response to EU’s possible blacklisting of IRGC

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Iranian parliament is going to put a double-urgent bill to vote as part of a response to the European Union’s potential move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corp as a terrorist organization.
Parliament

Iran MP: Palriment’s presiding board received impeachment proposals for 9 ministers 

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The Iranian parliament’s deputy speaker says the legislative body’s presiding board has received proposals for the impeachment of 9 ministers of the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi.
Parliament

Iranian MP: Lawmakers push for downgrading ties with European troika

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An Iranian lawmaker says Iran's parliament will press legislation to downgrade ties with Britain. Esmail Kosari said MPs also want to push for reconsidering ties with France and Germany.
Parliament

Iranian MPs rap France’s “meddlesome polices”

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Around two hundreds of Iranian lawmakers have condemned France for "frequent instances of interference in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic under the guise of defending human rights, despite the European country’s own dark history of human rights abuses."
Local

Mehrdad Bazrpash named Iran’s minister of roads and urban development

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Former Iranian lawmaker Mehrdad Bazrpash has been appointed as Iran’s minister of roads and urban development after securing a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament.
Local

MP: Iran’s fact-finding mission on protests won’t help unless it’s all-inclusive

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An Iranian lawmaker says the formation of a fact-finding mission by the Interior Ministry over the recent wave of unrest in the country cannot be helpful unless the body is all-inclusive and hears the demands of the protesters.
Parliament

Iran Parliament approves accession to Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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Iranian lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation on the accession of Iran to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Eurasian political, economic and security body based in China.
Politics

Iran minister of industry, mine, and trade survives impeachment

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Iranian minister of industry, mine, and trade, Reza Fatemi Amin, has survived an impeachment vote at the Parliament.
Security

Ghalibaf: Zionist regime, reactionaries cannot hide behind Daesh mask

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the Zionist regime and reactionary forces cannot hide behind the mask of the Daesh terrorist group and anti-Iran Saudi-funded media based in London, holding them responsible for the recent deadly unrest in Iran.
Politics

Mortazavi wins parliament confidence vote, becomes Iran’s labor minister

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Solat Mortazavi has been appointed as Iran’s minister of cooperative, labor and social welfare after securing a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament (Majlis).
Politics

Iran parliament fact-finding committee: Mahsa Amini didn’t die of blows to body

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The Iranian parliament’s fact-finding committee has released a report on the death of Mahsa Amini, confirming the results of an earlier investigation by Iran’s forensic organization that the young Iranian woman did not die of blows to any part of her body by the police.
Parliament

Iran’s parliament rejects president Raisi’s proposed labor minister

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s candidate to take the helm of the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare, was voted down at the parliament on Tuesday.
Local

Iranian MPs urge protesters to distance from rioters, thank police

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Iranian lawmakers have defended the country's security forces for dealing with the “riots” over the death of 22-year-old girl Mahsa Amini at the police headquarters in Tehran.
Local

Iranian parl. speaker: Culprits in Mahsa Amini’s death should be immediately dealt with

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The Iranian parliament speaker says a clear light should be shed on the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman who died in police custody two weeks ago, stressing those who are responsible for her demise should be confronted.
Parliament

Ghalibaf: Iran’s parl’t to push for morality police reforms

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After the recent death of a young Iranian woman caused a huge uproar nationwide, the speaker of the Iranian parliament has tasked the Domestic Affairs Committee of the legislature with investigating and improving the morality police’s performance.
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