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Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran, Iran, on February 1, 2026. (Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA)/AFP)
March 23, 2026, 8:35 pm
Iran’s hardline parliament speaker Mohammed Qalibaf enters spotlight amid reported US talks
The former Revolutionary Guards commander, Tehran mayor, police chief, presidential candidate and protégé of Ali Khamenei is key node between political, security and clerical elites
By Parisa Hafezi
An Iranian woman without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, flashes a victory sign as she walks at the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
March 30, 2025, 12:56 pm
Iranian police disperse weeks-long pro-hijab protest outside parliament in Tehran
State media says encampment dismantled after ‘illegal’ 48-day sit-in to support stringent modesty law, passed a year after Mahsa Amini protests and shelved amid fierce debate
By Agencies
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, is greeted by lawmakers while leaving the parliament after his speech during the debate on his proposed ministers, at the Majlis in Tehran, August 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 22, 2024, 1:04 pm
Iran’s parliament approves all of new president’s cabinet picks, in first since 2001
Pezeshkian hails ‘consensus’ after Majlis okays 19 ministers, including several holdovers from hardline predecessor and lone woman, chosen in apparent bid to placate conservatives
By Nasser Karimi
People wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk through the Nasr Shopping Center in Tehran, Iran, July 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 25, 2020, 6:59 am
Iran regime grapples with its worst crisis, hamstrung by internal power struggle
Challenges of COVID-19 and economic meltdown are exacerbated by frequent explosions — most of which may have less to with Israel than a battle between reformists and conservatives
By Avi Issacharoff
Iranian voters check a list of candidates before casting their ballot during parliamentary election at a polling station in Tehran on February 21, 2020. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
February 21, 2020, 9:53 am
Voting underway in Iran parliamentary election amid rising public apathy
Conservatives set to dominate vote, after thousands of candidates banned; experts expect low turnout amid internal and diplomatic crises
By Abhik Kumar Chanda
In this May 9, 2018, file photo, Iranian demonstrators burn a picture of US President Donald Trump during a protest in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
January 21, 2020, 5:18 pm
Iranian lawmaker offers $3 million to anyone who kills Trump – report
Ahmad Hamzeh, a little-known MP from hometown of slain commander Soleimani, doesn’t say who will pay the money; pledge comes month before elections
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
December 4, 2016, 10:14 am
Rouhani threatens ‘response’ if Obama extends sanctions
Iran’s president urges Obama urged to veto bill that would extend penalties for 10 years, as Tehran simmers over Senate passage of measure
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian family members display their ink-stained fingers after casting their ballot to vote in the second round of parliamentary elections at a polling station in the town of Robat Karim, some 40 kms southwest of the capital Tehran, on April 29, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 30, 2016, 7:25 am
Rouhani allies win big in Iran elections second round
List of Hope secures 36 of the 68 parliament seats up for grabs, results show, while conservatives gain 17 spots
By AFP
An Iranian woman casts her ballot to vote for both parliamentary elections and Assembly of Experts at a polling station at Massoumeh shrine in the holy city of Qom, 130 kilometers south of Tehran, on February 26, 2016. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)
April 27, 2016, 7:49 am
Iran’s parliament in the balance in election run-off
Reformists seek to consolidate gains in fresh voting for 68 constituencies where no candidate won 25% in February ballot
By Arthur Macmillan
Iranian MPs attend a parliament session in Tehran, March 1, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 16, 2016, 9:48 am
New female Iranian MP ‘barred over handshake with man’
Powerful Guardian Council issues ban on reformist Minoo Khaleghi entering parliament over apparently unconfirmed image taken in China
By ToI Staff
An Iranian cleric walks past electoral posters for upcoming parliamentary elections, near the Hazrat Fatimah Ma'sumeh mausoleum in Qom, on February 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
February 25, 2016, 1:40 pm
Almost 5,000 candidates compete Friday for 290 seats in Iran’s parliament
88-member Assembly of Experts, the panel of clerics that will choose country’s next supreme leader, also to be elected
By AFP
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani delivers a speech during his campaign for the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
November 10, 2013, 9:52 am
Iran won’t bow to threats, sanctions, Rouhani says
President says Tehran draws ‘red line’ on domestic uranium enrichment, calls on world powers to grab ‘exceptional opportunity’
By ToI Staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (photo credit: AP/John Minchillo/File)
October 4, 2013, 2:26 pm
After the Iranian smiles wear off, a host of questions
Rouhani’s ‘charm offensive’ may have piqued interest in the West, but back in Tehran his liberal policies will be a hard sell
By Avi Issacharoff
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