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Tag: Iranian parliament
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More Changes to the Drug-Related Death Penalty Proposal in Iran
While Iranian MPs are requesting that judiciary temporary suspends executions for minor drug charges, a proposal to amend the law and reduce execution rates…
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Latest election results show reformists taking most seats
According to the latest reports, 42 more reformists found their way into the 10th Parliament in the second round of elections held on April…
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MPs try again to remove death penalty from anti-drug law
A member of the Iranian Parliament’s judiciary and legal commission says a bill signed by 70 MPs proposes to eliminate the death penalty from…
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MPs, Oil Minister disagree on benefit of foreign investment deals
While Iranian MPs have criticized the new oil agreement signed by the Ministry of Oil as “moves against national interests”, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh…
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MPs approve nuclear pact after fiery session, threats
The Iranian Parliament approved the nuclear agreement drafted in Vienna between Iran and the 5+1 in a highly contentious session on Sunday October 11.…
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MPs seek answers from oil minister
One day after a number of MPs tried and failed to summon the minister of transportation to Parliament for questioning, another motion has been…
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MPs continue expedited review of citizenship bill
Iranian MPs have voted to keep fast-tracking the review of a bill that would offer Iranian citizenship to the children of Iranian mothers and…
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Amano takes questions on nuclear pact in private
Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrived in Tehran on September 20 and attended a meeting of Iran’s parliamentary commission…
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Parliament to weigh in on nuclear pact by fall
Iran’s parliamentary speaker says Parliament will announce its decision in the fall regarding the nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 as drafted in…
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Parliament chooses MPs to review nuclear pact
Iranian Parliament has elected a 15-member commission to review the draft of the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the 5+1 in Vienna last…
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MPs clamour for government bill on nuclear agreement
201 Iranian MPs have urged the government to immediately forward the nuclear agreement to Parliament in the form of a bill. The MPs base…
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All-inclusive commission to review nuclear deal
Iranian Parliament has announced that the special commission to review the nuclear agreement will be formed with the participation of the country’s various political…