Iranian Parliament has approved the plan to move the political capital out of Tehran. Khaneh Mellat reports that the despite the speaker’s recognition that the project comes with “a heavy financial burden”, the bill was passed with 110 in favour and 67 opposed with 10 abstaining. The bill authorizes the establishment of an “Organizing […]
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Iran’s judiciary allowed controversial meeting with European delegation
Although Iran’s Parliament has expressed its disapproval of a meeting between a European Parliament delegation and Iranians Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi, the latest reports indicate that the visit was organized with the approval of the judiciary and its international advisor. Mohammad Javad Larijani, speaking for the judiciary, has reportedly said that he agreed […]
European delegation meeting with Sotoudeh and Panahi slammed
Iranian hardliners have criticized the foreign ministry for a meeting between the European Parliamentary delegation and Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi. Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, and Panahi, an Iranian filmmaker, were both jailed following the Iranian election protests of 2009. Last year, the two also became recipients of the European […]
Iranian Parliament Passes Bill To Sue Washington Over 1953 Coup
The Iranian parliament has approved a bill calling on the government to take legal action against the United States for its role in the 1953 coup in Tehran. The bill, passed on August 27, calls for “political and legal investigation” into the coup that toppled Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. Iranian news […]
Parliament rejects three of Rohani’s proposed ministers
Three of Hassan Rohani’s proposed cabinet members have been rejected by the Iranian Parliament. Mohammadali Najafi, Jafar Mili Monfared and Masoud Soltanifar, who were respectively proposed for the ministries of education, science and sports, failed to receive majority votes in Parliament and will not join Rohani’s cabinet. At a parliamentary session that stretched into […]
MP foresees non-approval for one-fifth of Rohani’s cabinet choices
Conservative MP Ruhollah Hosseinian says 20 percent of the new president’s proposed cabinet members will not be approved by Parliament. In an interview with ISNA, Hosseinian said “failure to distance themselves from the sedition” of 2009 is the main reason that some of the proposed minsters will not get Parliament’s vote of confidence. […]
MP calls for “closure” for detained reformist leaders
Conservative MP Ali Motahari told an official session of Iranian Parliament that the country must release political prisoners and find “final closure” in the case of MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the two opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since 2011. ISNA reports that in a parliamentary presentation on Sunday July 28, […]