The impeachment proceedings against Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani ended with the minister receiving Parliament’s vote of confidence. The session convened on Wednesday June 24 to question the minister on “teacher wages, the execution of development plans, education matters, teacher training schools and political appointments in the ministry”. There were 167 votes for the […]
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Parliament to investigate unregulated detention centres
Iranian Parliament has announced plans to conduct an inquiry into the Prison Organization, its rehabilitation efforts and detention centres.The head of Parliament’s Judiciary and Legal Commission told Tasnim on Sunday May 17 that the inquiry and investigation will look at “the conditions in prisons, the facilities and services that have to be offered, as […]
Council votes down law for volunteer morality enforcers
The Guardian Council has voted against new legislation that supports plainclothes volunteers acting as morality enforcers, saying it contradicts provisions of the constitution. The legislation proposes to give legal support to the volunteers, who have been operating mostly under the guidance of Basij forces, and it had been approved by Parliament with a vote […]
Basij forces given go ahead to enforce hijab compliance
Iranian Parliament has approved a bill allowing Basij forces to give verbal warnings to people in public regarding their compliance with the Islamic dress code. ISNA reports that the Basij organization now has official permission to proceed to the “verbal warning” level in enforcing the Islamic dress code in public. The Rohani administration has […]
Appointment gives Iranian Parliament link to nuclear talks
Iranian media report that Aaleddin Boroujerdi, the head of parliament’s National Security Commission, has now joined the Nuclear Committee of the Supreme Council of National Security, linking Parliament to the nuclear negotiations. On Thursday, Boroujerdi told the Javan News Agency that the head of Parliament has proposed that he participate as a representative of […]
Iran’s Culture Minister Questioned In Parliament
Culture Minister Ali Jannati has been questioned in the Iranian parliament by a hard-line lawmaker over some of his comments regarding the closure of newspapers and the solo singing of women. Hamid Rasayi accused Jannati of showing tolerance toward the insulting of religious sanctities and promoting laxness over religious principles. Rasayi said Jannati had […]
Iran’s ‘Olive Branch’ Foreign Minister Nominee Makes His Case In Parliament
When Iran’s new president nominated Mohammad Javad Zarif, a U.S.-educated former United Nations diplomat, to be foreign minister, some observers described the move as a possible “olive branch” to the West. But within Iran, it appears that’s not necessarily a good thing. At an August 13 parliamentary hearing convened to consider President Hassan Rohani’s […]
Parliament: Economic Growth Under 0.5 Percent
While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration has for years refrained from providing statistics on the state of Iran’s economy and the numbers published by the Statistical Center and the Central Bank on inflation, unemployment, GDP and other monthly or annual figures have been ruled unrealistic by Majlis deputies, economists and international organizations, […]
Iranian Labour Minister impeached in fiery session
Iran’s Parliament voted to remove the Minister of Labour today, Sunday February 3, during a volatile session steeped in accusations and conflict.
Iran Criticizes EU Parliament Over Sakharov Prize
Iran has criticized the European Parliament for awarding a human rights prize to two Iranian dissidents.