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Humiliating escape from Afghanistan sign of global decline in US power: Qalibaf
Sep 05, 2021 13:47Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, says the recent humiliating escape of the US forces from Afghanistan was a sign of deteriorating international power of the United States and proved that trusting a country’s security to the US is a strategic error.
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Iran must supply fuel to resistance front countries to ease energy crises: Lawmaker
Aug 29, 2021 15:51An Iranian legislator says the Islamic Republic must supply needed fuel to countries that are members of the resistance front, so that those states would not be harmed in this regard and could ease their energy crises.
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Iran approves massive housing scheme put forward by Parliament
Aug 29, 2021 06:27Iran’s Guardian Council, a body tasked with finalizing Parliament legislation, has approved a massive housing scheme which seeks to build six million homes for the underprivileged population in the country.
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All but one nominated cabinet win vote of confidence from MPs
Aug 25, 2021 18:38Lawmakers at Majlis cast their votes to the cabinet proposed by President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Wednesday afternoon.
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President Raeisi vows not to budge on anti-corruption stance
Aug 25, 2021 16:29President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi assures Majlis that he would, under no circumstances, row back the slightest bit from his anti-corruption position.
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Iran parliamentary bloc thanks Leader for naming a Sunni Muslim Kurd as Navy chief
Aug 20, 2021 13:12Iran’s Sunni parliamentary bloc has thanked the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for appointing Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, a Sunni Muslim Kurdish commander, as the new chief of the Iranian Navy.
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Iran parliament rejects motion to set up separate housing ministry
Aug 16, 2021 06:56The Iranian parliament has rejected a motion to set up a separate ministry for housing and urbanization amid plans by the newly-elected President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi to expand affordable housing schemes across the country.
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Vetting of ministerial hopefuls kicks off at Iranian Parliament
Aug 15, 2021 05:05Iranian lawmakers started debates on the credentials and backgrounds of 19 individuals on the short list for the cabinet of new President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, with the formal sessions on votes of confidence slated for next week.
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President Raeisi hands his cabinet lineup to Majlis for confidence vote
Aug 12, 2021 14:18Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi handed to Majlis a list of his proposed cabinet ministers on Wednesday, a week after he took the oath of office as the new president. Legislators now have one week to review the credentials of Raeisi's picks before an open vote of confidence session is held with the presence of the president himself to defend his nominees.
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Raeisi takes oath of office at parliament as Iran’s eighth president
Aug 05, 2021 13:36After having his mandate endorsed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has taken the oath of office to be officially inaugurated as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.