Parliament of Iran

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government body national legislature parliament unicameral legislature

The Parliament of Iran, also known as the Islamic Consultative Assembly, is the country's unicameral national legislature responsible for enacting laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Islamic Consultative Assembly 4
Majles 1
Majles-e Shorâ-ye Eslâmî 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
budgetPower approves annual state budget ⓘ
can amend budget bill ⓘ
budgetYearFrequency annual ⓘ
candidateVettingBy Guardian Council ⓘ
canOverride Expediency Discernment Council ⓘ
surface form: Expediency Discernment Council mediates disputes with Guardian Council
constitutionalArticle defined in multiple articles of the Iranian Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
electionSupervisionBy Guardian Council ⓘ
electorate Iranian citizens with voting rights ⓘ
eligibilityRequirements candidates must meet Islamic and constitutional criteria ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm after 1979 Iranian Revolution ⓘ
hasCommittee various specialized commissions ⓘ
hasPower approves or rejects government loans and grants ⓘ
approves or rejects international agreements ⓘ
headOfParliamentTitle Speaker of the Parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
languageUsed Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
legalSystemContext Islamic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
legislativeChamber unicameral ⓘ
legislativeProcess bills reviewed by Guardian Council for conformity with Islam and Constitution ⓘ
location Tehran ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament building in Tehran ⓘ
meetsIn legislative sessions ⓘ
nativeName Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Majles-e Shorâ-ye Eslâmî
numberOfMembers 290 ⓘ
officialName Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly
oversightMechanism interpellation of ministers ⓘ
investigative committees ⓘ
questioning of ministers ⓘ
predecessor Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Consultative Assembly of Iran
role approves cabinet ministers ⓘ
approves national budget ⓘ
can impeach ministers ⓘ
can question the president ⓘ
enacts laws ⓘ
oversees executive branch ⓘ
ratifies international treaties ⓘ
shortName Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Majles
supervisingBody Guardian Council ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislation budget laws ⓘ
development plans ⓘ
ordinary laws ⓘ
votingSystem two-round system ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidency of Iran → canBeImpeachedBy → Parliament of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly
Supreme Leader’s offices → coordinatesWith → Parliament of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Iran (Majles)
Presidency of Iran → distinctFrom → Parliament of Iran ⓘ
Government of Iran → hasElectionsFor → Parliament of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly
Tehran → isSeatOf → Parliament of Iran ⓘ
Government of Iran → legislativeBody → Parliament of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly
Parliament of Iran → nativeName → Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Majles-e Shorâ-ye Eslâmî
Parliament of Iran → officialName → Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly
Parliament of Iran → predecessor → Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Consultative Assembly of Iran
Parliament of Iran → shortName → Parliament of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Majles