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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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Parliaments of Iran, Iraq Key to Promotion of Ties: Rouhani

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The Iranian president highlighted the significant role that the parliaments of Iran and Iraq play in strengthening bilateral relations, saying the governments of both neighbors are determined to enhance ties in various fields.
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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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MPs Meet FM Zarif to Hail His Return to Work

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A group of lawmakers representing the Iranian Parliament's Hope Faction have visited the Foreign Ministry building in downtown Tehran to meet with the country's top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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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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‘EU Could Show Good Faith by Running Bank to Keep Ties with Iran’

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An Iranian lawmaker says the EU decision to launch a special financial mechanism to keep trade ties with Iran despite US sanctions was not made in a good-faith gesture.
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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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Iran Judiciary Investigating Activist’s Torture Claims

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A fact-finding mission formed by Iran’s Judiciary has travelled to Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan to investigate claims by a worker saying he was mistreated during his time in prisons, a senior official announced.
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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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Azerbaijan’s Top Lawmaker to Travel to Iran

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The chief Azeri lawmaker Ogtay Asadov is to make a two-day trip to Iran at the head of a parliamentary delegation.
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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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Iranian Couples Must Take Part in Counselling Sessions before Marriage

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It is compulsory for Iranian couples to attend pre-marriage counselling sessions in order to prevent future problems which often lead to early divorces, officials say.
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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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Iran Legislation Watchdog Rejects CFT Bill, Returns It to Parliament

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Iran’s legislation watchdog, the Guardian Council, has rejected a bill on Iran’s accession to the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention, which had been passed by the Parliament.
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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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Iran to Annul Imprisonment Penalty over Failure to Pay Mahr

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Iranian lawmakers are to revoke the imprisonment penalty for husbands unable to pay Mahr, the money that husbands undertake to pay their wives on demand based on Islamic law.
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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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