Parliament
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New Budget Bill in Parliament
EghtesadOnline: President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the fiscal 2022-23 budget bill to the parliament on Sunday.
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List of Ministerial Nominees Presented to Parliament
EghtesadOnline: Newly inaugurated President Ebrahim Raeisi submitted his list of proposed ministers to parliament on Wednesday for confirmation.
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Parliament Tightens Law on Currency Repatriation
EghtesadOnline: Parliament on Monday passed a law that criminalizes export companies that fail to return their overseas income to the country.
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Parliament Passes Motion to Promote Marriage, Childbirth
EghtesadOnline: Members of the Iranian Parliament have passed a number of provisions as per the next fiscal year’s budget (March 2021-22) to encourage marriage and childbirth.
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Fiscal 2021-22 Budget Headed to Guardians Council for Verification
EghtesadOnline: Members of the parliament on Saturday approved the next fiscal year’s budget bill with a 170-8 vote while six members abstained.
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Parliament Passes Motion to Promote Marriage, Childbirth
EghtesadOnline: Members of the Iranian Parliament have passed a number of provisions as per the next fiscal year’s budget (March 2021-22) to encourage marriage and childbirth.
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Recent Tax Measures Approved by MPs Under Scrutiny
EghtesadOnline: Finding new tax bases is one of the parliament’s key tools to tackle budget deficit in the next fiscal year (starting March 21).
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Gov’t to Submit Revised Budget Bill to Parliament
EghtesadOnline: The government will submit a new budget bill to the Iranian Parliament.
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Parliament Rejects Outlines of Fiscal 2021-22 Budget Bill
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Parliament rejected the outlines of the upcoming fiscal year’s (starting March 21) budget bill on Tuesday.
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Gov’t Submits $37 Billion Budget Bill to Parliament
EghtesadOnline: Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hosseinali Amiri submitted the budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2021-22) to the parliament on Wednesday.
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Parliament Passes Bill to Support Underprivileged Households
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Parliament’s proposal for “supply of essential goods to households” was approved on Wednesday.
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Court Invalidates Privatization of Giant Farming Company
EghtesadOnline: The Supreme Audit Court of Iran, the supervisory arm of the parliament, issued a ruling reversing a decision by the Iranian Privatization Organization two years ago to divest…
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Plan to Set Up Union of Retail Stock Traders: MP
EghtesadOnline: The Majlis is reviewing a proposal to set up a union for safeguarding the interest of retail investors in the stock market, a deputy speaker of the parliament said.
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Concerns Over Battle Against Air Pollution Losing Traction
EghtesadOnline: The new Iranian Parliament seemingly has no interest in working on government bills for controlling air pollution, an environmental expert says.
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Majlis Rejects Outlines of Next Fiscal Budget Bill
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Parliament, also known as Majlis, rejected the outlines of the upcoming fiscal year’s (starting March 20, 2020) budget bill on Monday.
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Larijani Briefs Reporters on Visits to Syria, Lebanon
EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani filled reporters in on his trips to Lebanon and Syria upon his arrival in Tehran early Tuesday, characterizing his meetings with top officials…
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Call for High Voter Turnout, Wise Selection for a Strong Parliament
EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on Iranians to fully participate in the Feb. 21 parliamentary election and make wise choices in order to…
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Larijani Visits Allied States to Reinforce Ties
EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani reiterated Iran’s policy to support war-stricken Syria and said the close cooperation between the two countries is deep-rooted and not “a tactical…
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Reformists Issue List of Parliamentary Candidates
EghtesadOnline: A coalition of eight reformist parties has issued a list of candidates for the fast-approaching parliamentary election scheduled for Feb. 21.
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Reformists to Participate in Parliamentary Poll
EghtesadOnline: The reformists have no intention to turn their back on the upcoming parliamentary elections and will definitely field candidates, a lawmaker said.
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Parliament Releases List of VAT-Exempt Goods, Services
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Parliament has approved on Tuesday the exemption of following goods and services from value added tax:
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Moves to Improve Transparency of Election Campaign Finance
EghtesadOnline: The parliament approved the general outlines of a bill that aims to increase transparency in election campaign financing ahead of the 11th round of Majlis elections due to be…
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Larijani to Attend APA Meeting in Turkey
EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani is to attend the 12th plenary meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly hosted by Turkey on Saturday.
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Rouhani Submits Budget Bill
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani submitted the budget bill for the upcoming Iranian year (March 2020-21) to the parliament on Sunday which, he said, is indicative of the country’s tenacity…
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MRC Criticizes Piecemeal Measures to Tackle Inflation
EghtesadOnline: In an analytical report appraising measures taken to curb inflation, the Majlis Research Center says the government has resorted largely to temporary and micro measures to curb…
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Iran's Next Budget Bill Scrutinized
EghtesadOnline: With the due date for the government's submission of next fiscal year’s (March 2020-21) budget bill to parliament just around the corner—the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran…
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Larijani Not to Run for Parliament, President
EghtesadOnline: Incumbent Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said he has decided not to stand in the upcoming parliamentary polls.
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Larijani stresses developing Iran-Georgia ties
EghtesadOnline: Iran and Georgia can use their capacities to develop relations, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani said in a meeting with members of Georgia-Iran Parliamentary…
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GC Rejects Bill on Forming Commerce Ministry
EghtesadOnline: The Guardians Council–a watchdog body that ensures laws are in line with the Iranian Constitution and the Islamic law–has found the parliament-approved bill on establishing a…
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Parliament Censured Over Rush to Rewrite Iran's Trade Law
EghtesadOnline: Economic analysts and businesspeople have time and again called for reforming Iran’s decades-old Trade Law. However, they also strongly disapprove of legislators’ ongoing rush…