Majlis lawmakers have approved the generalities of a draft bill aimed at tackling sanctions imposed on the country and preventing international inspectors from accessing the country’s nuclear facilities.
Rapporteur of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission announced on Monday that the details of the attack by the US fighter jets on the Mahan passenger plane will be examined at the next week's meeting of the commission.
The Iranian parliament has approved plans for launching five new free trade zones (FTZ) in the north and east of the country.
The closed session of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) kicked off on Monday morning with the attendance of Iranian Health Minister Saeid Namaki.
The Iranian Parliament has further cut its costs, Member of the Iranian Parliament’s Presidium Alireza Rahimi tweeted.
The Iranian parliament approved general outlines of a bill to reduce death penalty for drug offences in the country.
Iranian parliament’s judiciary commission has agreed with a proposal on the abolition of death penalty for a group of convicts of drug-related crimes.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif briefed Iranian parliament members on the achievements of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a Majlis member said.
The new Iranian parliament elected Ali Larijani as its interim chairman.
A member of presidium board of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Mohammad-Hassan Asafari said the country may cancel major Hajj during the current Iranian calendar year which started on March 20, 2016.
