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{{Short description|Legislative body of the Islamic Republic of Iran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox legislature
|background_color=gray| name              = Islamic Consultative Assembly
| native_name       = {{nobold|مجلس شورای اسلامی}}
| native_name_lang  = fa
| transcription_name= Majles-e Shurâ-ye Eslâmi
| legislature       = [[12th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran|12th term]]<br>36th Majlis
| coa_pic           = Islamic Parliament of Iran Seal.svg
| logo_pic          = Flag of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.svg{{!}}border
| session_room      = Baharestan Parliament Building of Iran.jpg
| house_type        = [[Unicameral]]<ref name="OUP">{{cite book|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first2=Florian|last2=Grotz|first3=Christof |last3=Hartmann |year=2001|title=Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook|chapter=Iran|volume=I|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=64|isbn=0-19-924958-X}}</ref>
| leader1_type      = [[List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iran|Speaker]]
| leader1           = [[Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]]
| preceded_by       = [[National Consultative Assembly]]
| foundation        = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1906|11|16}}<br />14 March 1980 {{small|(current form)}}
| election1         = 28 May 2020
| leader2_type      = First Vice 
| leader2           = [[Ali Nikzad]]
| election2         = 27 May 2025
| leader3_type      = Second Vice
| leader3           = [[Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee]]
| election3         = 27 May 2025
| political_groups1 =
{{Collapsible list
 | title =By faction
|{{Color box|#0077B6}} [[Iranian principlists|Principlists]] (198)
|{{Color box|#48D1CC}} [[Iranian reformists|Reformists]] (43)
|{{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent Politician|Independents]] (44)
|{{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (5)
}}
{{Collapsible list
 | title =By coalition
|'''[[Government of Masoud Pezeshkian|Government]] (43)'''
|{{Color box|#FDC238}} [[Voice of the Nation|VNC]] (43)
|'''[[Confidence and supply]] (119)'''
|{{Color box|#093B88}} [[Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces|CCIRF]] (106)
|{{Color box|#7996E2}} [[Combatant Clergy Association|UCIRF]] (13)<br>
'''[[Opposition (politics)|Opposition]] (79)'''
|{{Color box|#B0C4DE}} [[Front of Islamic Revolution Stability|PAIRF]] (79)<br>
'''[[Independent politician|Independent]] (44)'''
|{{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent Politician|IND]] (44)<br>
'''Vacant (5)'''
|{{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (5)
}}
{{Collapsible list
 | title =By party
|{{Color box|#000000}} [[Front of Islamic Revolution Stability|FIRS]] (15)
|{{Color box|#00844B}} [[Islamic Coalition Party|ICP]] (3)
|{{Color box|#0E6130}} [[Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran|PJPII]] (2)
|{{Color box|#444444}} [[Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution|SPIR]] (2)
|{{Color box|#0A479C}} [[Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution|SDIR]] (1)
|{{Color box|#6B1D0D}} [[Development and Justice Party|DJP]] (1)
|{{Color box|#FDEE00}} [[YEKTA Front|FCETII]] (1)
|{{Color box|#EFDB50}} [[Islamic Society of Engineers|ISE]] (1)
|{{Color box|#B0E9FF}} [[Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran|IAPI]] (1)
|{{Color box|#E30E21}} [[Executives of Construction Party|ECP]] (1)
|{{Color box|#984B9E}} [[Moderation and Development Party|MDP]] (1)
|{{Color box|#77B5FE}} [[Union of Islamic Iran People Party|UIIPP]] (1)
|{{Color box|#F48D12}} [[Assembly of the Forces of Imam's Line|AFIL]] (1)
|{{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent Politician|Independents]] (254)
|{{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (5)
}}
| structure1        ={{Switcher|[[File:12th Parliamant.svg|300px]]|By faction|[[File:Parliament3 2024.svg|300px]]|By coalition|[[File:Parliament2 2024.svg|300px]]|By party}}
| structure1_res    = 270px
| voting_system1    = [[Majority rule|Qualified majority]] [[two-round system]]<ref name="OUP"/>
|first_election1=[[1906 Persian legislative election|17 September 1906]]| seats             = 290<ref name="OUP"/>
| term_length       = 4 years<ref name="OUP"/>
| last_election1    = [[2024 Iranian legislative election|1 March and 10 May 2024]]
| next_election1    = 2028
| meeting_place     = Islamic Consultative Assembly<br />[[Baharestan (district)|Baharestan]] <br /> [[Tehran]] <br /> [[Iran]]
| constitution      = [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran]]
| website           = https://en.parliran.ir/
}}
{{Politics of Iran}}
The '''Islamic Consultative Assembly''' ({{langx|fa|مجلس شورای اسلامی|Majles-e Shurâ-ye Eslâmi}}), also called the '''Iranian Parliament''', the '''Iranian Majles''' (Arabicised spelling '''Majlis''') or '''ICA''', is the [[unicameral]] national [[legislative body]] of [[Iran]]. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an increase from the previous 270 seats since the [[2000 Iranian legislative election|18 February 2000 election]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==History==

===Islamic Republic of Iran===
Following the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979, the [[Senate of Iran]] was abolished and effectively succeeded by the [[Guardian Council]], maintaining the bicameral structure of the Iranian legislature.{{cn|date=October 2024}} In the 1989 constitutional revision, the ''National Consultative Assembly'' was renamed the ''Islamic Consultative Assembly''.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Since the Iranian Revolution, the Parliament of Iran has been led by six chairmen. [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]] served as the inaugural chairman from 1980 to 1989. Subsequently, [[Mehdi Karroubi]] held the position in two separate terms (1989–1992 and 2000–2004), followed by [[Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri]] (1992–2000), [[Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel]] (2004–2008), [[Ali Larijani]] (2008–2020), and, since 2020, [[Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Throughout its history, the parliament's character has evolved from being a "debating chamber for notables" to a "club for the shah's [[Wiktionary:placeman|placemen]]" during the Pahlavi era. In the era of the Islamic Republic, it has shifted to being a body primarily influenced by members of the "propertied middle class."<ref>Abrahamian, ''History of Modern Iran'', (2008), p. 179</ref><ref>''Islamic Majles, Ashnai-ye Ba Majles-e Showra-ye Islami'', Vol.ii (''Guide to the Islamic Majles'', Tehran, 1992, p. 205</ref>

=== 2017 attack ===
{{Main|2017 Tehran attacks}}
On 7 June 2017, there were [[2017 Tehran attacks|shootings]] at the Iranian parliament and at the [[Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini|shrine]] of Ayatollah [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40184641|title=Iran shootings: Parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked|date=2017-06-07|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en-GB|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506083431/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40184641|url-status=live}}</ref> Gunmen opened fire at the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. The attack on the mausoleum reportedly left 17 persons dead and more than 30 people injured. The parliament was attacked by four gunmen which left seven to eight people injured. Both attacks took place around the same time and appear to have been coordinated.

== Functions ==

The Islamic Consultative Assembly holds the authority to legislate laws on all matters within the boundaries defined by the Constitution.<ref>Article 71 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]] (1982-07-28), [http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ir/ir001en.pdf Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110160721/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ir/ir001en.pdf |date=10 January 2017 }} wipo.int (accessed 2017-02-25)</ref> Nevertheless, it is restricted from enacting laws that contradict the fundamental principles of the official religion of the nation (Islam) or the Constitution itself.<ref>Article 72 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

Government bills are submitted to the Islamic Consultative Assembly only after obtaining the approval of the {{nat|Council of Ministers}}.<ref>Article 74 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

The Islamic Consultative Assembly possesses the prerogative to investigate and scrutinize all matters concerning the country.<ref>Article 76 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

International treaties, protocols, contracts, and agreements necessitate approval from the Islamic Consultative Assembly.<ref>Article 77 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

Sanctioning and obtaining national or international loans or grants by the government requires ratification from the Islamic Consultative Assembly.<ref>Article 80 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

The President must secure a vote of confidence from the Assembly, through a Council of Ministers approval, upon forming the government and prior to conducting any other business.<ref>Article 87 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

In the event that at least one-fourth of the total members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly raise a question to the President, or if any Assembly member poses a question to a minister regarding their duties, the President or the minister is obligated to attend the Assembly and address the query.<ref>Article 88 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

All legislation endorsed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly must be submitted to the Guardian Council. Within a maximum of ten days from its receipt, the Guardian Council must review the legislation to ensure its compatibility with Islamic criteria and the Constitution. If any incompatibility is identified, the legislation is returned to the Assembly for further review. Otherwise, the legislation is deemed enforceable.<ref>Article 94 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]]</ref>

The [[Mellat Polling Center]] is an affiliated institution of the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. It provides public opinion research to support evidence-based legislation and policymaking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Law on the Duties and Powers of the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly |url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/92611 |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=rc.majlis.ir |language=Fa}}</ref>

== Eligibility ==

People need to sign up online and upload their university degree document. Candidates need to be 30 at least and 75 years maximum, have a master's degree or equal Level 3 Islamic seminary, and be Iranian born.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sharghdaily.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-6/890361-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B7-%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF|title=شرایط ثبت نام نامزدهای انتخابات مجلس اعلام شد|date=24 April 2025|website=شرق|access-date=5 August 2023|archive-date=5 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805062101/https://www.sharghdaily.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-6/890361-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B7-%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Membership==
[[File:Iran parliament composition by province en.svg|thumb|Composition of the parliament by province (excluding seats reserved for religious minority groups).]]
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Currently, there are 290 members of Parliament, elected for a four-year term.{{cn|date=October 2024}} There are five [[Iranian Parliament religious minority reserved seats|seats reserved for religious minorities]] (1.7% of the total members), with two for the [[Armenian-Iranians|Armenians]] and one each for the [[Assyrians in Iran|Assyrians]], [[Persian Jews|Jews]] and [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]].{{cn|date=October 2024}} About 8% of the parliament are women, while the global average is 13%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123896/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401031922/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123896/|archivedate=1 April 2012|title= On Women's Day, struggle for equality remains|work=[[Kyiv Post]]|date=8 March 2012}}</ref>

The parliament can force the dismissal of cabinet ministers through no-confidence votes and can impeach the president for misconduct in office. Although the executive proposes most new laws, individual deputies of the parliament also may introduce legislation. Deputies also may propose amendments to bills being debated. The parliament also drafts legislation, ratifies international treaties, and approves the national budget.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

All candidates running for election, and proposed legislation from the assembly must be approved by the Guardian Council. Candidates must pledge in writing that they are committed, in theory and in practice, to the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Iranian constitution]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

=== Constituencies ===
{{Main|Electoral districts of Iran}}
The parliament currently has 207 constituencies, including the five [[reserved seats]] for religious minorities. The remaining 202 constituencies are territorial, each covering one or more of Iran's 368 [[Counties of Iran|counties]].

==Leadership==
{{Main|List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iran}}
Members of Parliament elect their speaker and deputy speakers during the first session of Parliament for a one-year term. Every year, almost always in May, elections for new speakers are held in which incumbents may be re-elected.

The current Speaker of Parliament is Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with First Deputy Speaker [[Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee]] and Second Deputy Speaker [[Ali Nikzad]].

==Commissions/Fractions==
{{main|Specialized Commissions of the Parliament of Iran}}
; Privileged commissions
{{ordered list
| [[Joint Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Special Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Integration Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Investigative Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Internal Regulation Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Article 90 of the Constitution Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
}}

; Expert commissions
{{ordered list
| [[Education, Research and Technology Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Social Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Iranian Parliament Commission on Economy|Economy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran)|National-Security and Foreign-Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Iranian Parliament Commission on Energy|Energy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Program, Budget and Accounting Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Health and Medical Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Civil Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Cultural Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
| [[Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Environment Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
}}

===Fractions===
*AI and Data governance<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iranintl.com/202307285372 | title=وزیر سابق ارتباطات: فراکسیون هوش مصنوعی مجلس به دنبال حکمرانی «نداده‌ها» است | date=4 March 2024 | access-date=30 July 2023 | archive-date=30 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730131358/https://www.iranintl.com/202307285372 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Hack==
Prior to the [[2024 Iranian legislative election|1 March legislative election]], on February 14, 2024, the Assembly servers were hacked, revealing monthly payments of 270 million tomans to members. The following day, the voting system was hacked, and journalists were barred from entering.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/cyber-attack-hack-parliament-websites-ir-iran/7485593.html | title=هک وب‌سایت‌های مجلس؛ هکرها «حقوق ۲۰۰ میلیونی» نمایندگان و مزایایی مانند «آجیل شب یلدا» را فاش کردند | date=13 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eghtesadonline.com/news/824829/%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87 | title=پس لرزه حمله سایبری به مجلس؛ اجازه ورودِ خبرنگاران به مجلس داده نشد | date=14 February 2024 | access-date=14 February 2024 | archive-date=14 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214064013/https://www.eghtesadonline.com/news/824829/%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-s-parliament-news-agency-hacked/32817515.html | title=روابط عمومی مجلس هک وب‌سایت‌ها و «دسترسی» هکرها به اسناد مجلس را تأیید کرد | newspaper=رادیو فردا | date=13 February 2024 | last1=فردا | first1=رادیو }}</ref>

==Current composition==
{{See also|2024 Iranian legislative election|List of Iran's parliament representatives (12th term)}}
The last election of Parliament of Iran were held on 1 March 2024 and a second round was held on 10 May 2024 in those 22 districts where no candidate received 20% or more of the votes cast. More than 48,000 candidates registered,<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2023 |title=پرونده ثبت نام اولیه مجلس با ۴۸ هزار و ۸۴۷ متقاضی بسته شد |url=https://dolat.ir/detail/417931 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=dolat.ir |language=fa |archive-date=6 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006203449/https://dolat.ir/detail/417931 |url-status=live }}</ref> but leaving about 15,000 candidates to run for the 290 seats representing the 31 provinces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240222-campaigning-begins-for-iran-s-legislative-election |title=Campaigning begins for Iran's legislative election |website=France 24 |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024 |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325085858/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240222-campaigning-begins-for-iran-s-legislative-election |url-status=live }}</ref> The final results showed that [[Iranian principlists|principlists]] won 233 of 290 seats in the assembly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 13, 2024 |title=A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran's parliament |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-parliamentary-runoff-election-a2c26bd75a3cc1dae5b9f1a087917bfe |work=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=1 June 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601055833/https://apnews.com/article/iran-parliamentary-runoff-election-a2c26bd75a3cc1dae5b9f1a087917bfe |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="background:#ffcb63; width:35%;" | [[Hezbollah Assembly]]
| style="background:#DCDCDC; width:14%;" | [[Independent Hezbollah deputies|Ind.]]
| style="background:#4169E1; width:51%;" | [[Hezbollah fraction|Hezbollah]]
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| style="background:#ffcb63; width:76%;" | [[2nd of Khordad fraction|2nd of Khordad]]
| style="background:#DCDCDC; width:6%;" | {{abbr|Ind.|Independents}}
| style="background:#4169E1; width:18%;" | [[Minority fraction (2000–2004)|Minority]]
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{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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| style="background:#ffcb63; width:16%;" | [[Imam's Line fraction|Imam's Line]]
| style="background:#4169E1; width:20%;" | [[Harmony and Efficiency fraction|Harmony]]
| style="background:#4169E1; width:18%;" | [[Front of Transformationalist Principlists|Transform.]]
| style="background:#4169E1; width:51%;" | [[Principlists fraction (2004–2008)|Principlists]]
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|[[8th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran|8th]]
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{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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| style="background:#ffcb63; width:18%;" | [[Imam's Line fraction|Imam's Line]]
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| style="background:#002147; width:30%;" | [[Islamic Revolution fraction (2009–2012)|Islamic Revolution]]
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{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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| style="background:#DCDCDC; width:5%;" | {{abbr|Ind.|Independents}}
| style="background:#00BFFF; width:60%;" | [[Followers of Wilayat fraction|Followers of Wilayat]]
| style="background:#002147; width:35%;" | [[Principlists fraction (2012–2016)|Principlists]]
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|[[10th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran|10th]]
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| style="background:#ffcb63; width:36%;" | [[Hope fraction|Hope]]
| style="background:#00BFFF; width:31%;" | [[Wilayi Independents|Wilayi Ind.]]
| style="background:#4169E1; width:33%;" | [[Wilayi Deputies|Wilayi]]
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|[[12th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran|12th]]
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{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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| style="background:#ffcb63; width:16%;" | [[Iranian reformists|Reformists]]
| style="background:#DCDCDC; width:15%;" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="background:#4169E1; width:69%;" | [[Iranian principlists|Principlists]]
|}
|}

==Historical composition==
<gallery>
Parliament 1906.svg|1st 
Parliament 1909.svg|2nd 
Parliament 1914.svg|3rd 
Parliament 1921.svg|4th 
Parliament 1923.svg|5th 
Parliament 1926.svg|6th 
Parliament 1928.svg|7th 
Parliament 1930.svg|8th 
Parliament 1930.svg|9th 
Parliament 1930.svg|10th 
Parliament 1930.svg|11th 
Parliament 1930.svg|12th 
Parliament 1930.svg|13th 
Parliament 1943.svg|14th 
Parliament 1947.svg|15th 
Parliament 1950.svg|16th 
1952 Iranian legislative election.svg|17th
Parliament 1930.svg|18th
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1956 election.svg|19th
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1960 election.svg|20th
National Consultative Assembly of Iran  following the 1963 election.svg|21st
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1967 election.svg|22nd
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1971 election.svg|23rd
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1975 election.svg|24th
1980 Iranian legislative election.svg|25th
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1984 election.svg|26th
Parliament 1988.svg|27th
Parliament 1992.svg|28th
Parliament1 1996.svg|29th
Parliament 2000.svg|30th
Parliament1 2004.svg|31st
Parliament1 2008.svg|32nd
Parliament1 2012.svg|33rd
Parliament 2016.svg|34th
Parliament1 2020.svg|35th
Parliament1 2024.svg|36th
</gallery>

==Building==
[[File:مجلس شورای اسلامی - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|Exterior view of the parliament building]]
After 1979, the Parliament convened at the building that used to house the [[Senate of Iran]]. A new building for the Assembly was constructed at [[Baharestan Square]] in central Tehran, near the old Iranian Parliament building that had been used from 1906 to 1979. After several debates, the move was finally approved in 2004. The first session of the Parliament in the new building was held on 16 November 2004.

The old building is depicted on the [[Obverse and reverse|reverse]] of the Iranian 100 [[Iranian rial|rial]] banknote.<ref>[http://www.cbi.ir/default_en.aspx Central Bank of Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203093839/https://www.cbi.ir/default_en.aspx |date=3 February 2021 }}. Banknotes & Coins: [http://www.cbi.ir/page/1976.aspx 100 Rials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207205211/https://www.cbi.ir/default_en.aspx |date=7 February 2018 }} . – Retrieved on 24 March 2009.</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Parliamenttehran.jpg|The [[Baharestan|first]] building <br />(1906–1979)
File:Kingdom of Iran 10000 Rials Banknote 1978 - Second Pahlavi King (reverse).png|First building on the reverse of a 1970s 10000 rial banknote
File:Palais du Senat iranien (1970).jpg|The [[Senate of Iran#The Building|second]] building <br />(1980–2004)
File:صد ریال - سری ششم جمهوری (پشت).jpg|Second building on the reverse of the 100 rial banknote (1985–2005)
File:نمای جبهه غربی مجلس.jpg|The third building <br />(2004–present)
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Iran|Politics}}
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*[[Elections in Iran]]
*[[Politics of Iran]]
*[[List of legislatures by country]]
*[[Specialized Commissions of the Parliament of Iran|Specialized Commissions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]]
* [[9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran]]
* [[10th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran]]
;List of Iran's parliament representatives
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (12th term)]] 
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (11th term)]]
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (10th term)]]
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (9th term)]]
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (8th term)]]
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (7th term)]]
* [[List of Iran's parliament representatives (6th term)]]
;Subordinate organizations
*[[Majlis Research Center]]
*[[Supreme Audit Court of Iran]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[File:PD-icon.svg|15px|link=|alt=]]&nbsp;''This article incorporates text from the Constitution of Iran, which is in the [[public domain]].''

==External links==
{{Commons category|Islamic Consultative Assembly}}
*[http://www.majlis.ir/ The official website of the Majlis of Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083151/http://www.majlis.ir/ |date=25 September 2017 }}
*[http://mashruteh.org/wiki/index.php?title=%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%DB%B1%DB%B2%DB%B8%DB%B5-%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B5%DB%B7 Laws and minutes of meetings of the Majlis of Iran (1906-1979) (persian)]
*[http://www.iranchamber.com/history/constitutional_revolution/constitutional_revolution.php History of Iran: Constitutional Revolution], a history of Majlis from 1906 to 1953
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040818082316/http://www.moi.gov.ir/AboutEllection/about.htm Iranian Ministry of Interior on the history of elections in Iran]
*[http://isna.ir/news/NewsCont.asp?Lang=P&id=456190 A report on moving the Majles to Baharestan]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.irisn.com/ The {{nat|Council of Guardians}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323040901/http://www.irisn.com/ |date=23 March 2022 }}.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051202064545/http://mellat.majlis.ir/ The Majles], Iran's parliament news service.
* [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2149_arc.htm ''Interparliamentary Union (IPU) summary of Majlis of Iran election preparations and/or outcomes (translated into English)'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722060112/http://www.sssup.it/context_eng.jsp?ID_LINK=7930&area=47 Iran Electoral Archive – Iranian Parliament]
;Videos
*[http://irannegah.com/video_browse.aspx?keyword=majles ''Video Archive of Iran's Parliament'']
* Kourosh Esmāili, ''People & Power: The Iranian Campaign'', Aljazeera, YouTube, April 2008: [https://www.youtube.com/v/G9GST4mpRb0 Part 1] [https://www.youtube.com/v/R2_9JoUjqcQ Part 2]

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