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Iranian Speaker slams intl bodies’ silence over Israeli crimes
Tehran, May 19, IRNA – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, in a phone call with his Kuwaiti counterpart on Wednesday, castigated international bodies for keeping silent on the crimes committed by the Israeli regime.
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MPs underline lifting sanctions as Iran definite policy
Tehran, May 18, IRNA – Some 200 Iranian lawmakers in a statement on Vienna talks stressed real lifting of sanctions and its verification as the main condition for Iran compliance with JCPOA commitments.
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MPs call for protecting Iran's interests in Vienna talks
Tehran, May 9, IRNA – A member of the presiding board of Iran’s parliament said that MPs urged protecting interests of the country in Vienna talks in a closed session on Sunday.
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Foreign boots on regional ground source of insecurity: Iranian speaker
Tehran, April 28, IRNA – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has emphasized that the military presence of foreign forces in the West Asia region will not strengthen the security of the region because the foreigners themselves will be source of insecurity and threat.
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Iran’s parliament discusses Ministry of Intelligence report on Natanz incident
Tehran, April 13, IRNA - A rapporteur for the Iranian parliament's internal affairs commission Ali Haddadi said on Tuesday that Iran's Parliamentary Councils Commission discussed the Ministry of Intelligence report on the Natanz incident.
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Iran parliament investigating Natanz sabotage: MP
Shiraz, April 12, IRNA – Iranian parliament Commission on National Security and Foreign policy is investigating sabotage on Natanz nuclear facility. member of parliament said on Monday.
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Iranian MPs present bill to sanction US officials
Tehran, April 11, IRNA – Nasser Mousavi Laregani, a member of Iranian Parliament’s presiding board, said on Sunday that a bill was presented to impose sanctions on some US officials.
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Serbia official terms Belgrade-Tehran ties longstanding, friendly
Tehran, April 7, IRNA - Head of Serbia's Parliamentary Friendship Group with Iran Jasmina Karanac said that Belgrade-Tehran ties are longstanding and friendly with satisfactory parliamentary relations.
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MP: US won't attend 5+1 talks until sanctions removed
Tehran, April 4, IRNA – Spokesman for National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament Abolfazl Amouei said on Sunday that until the US sanctions against Iran were not verifiably removed, Iran wouldn’t return to full compliance with the JCPOA and the US wouldn't attend the 5+1 talks.
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Iran won't hand over data to IAEA until sanctions lifted: Official
Tehran, March 1, IRNA – Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Monday that Iran will not hand over data to IAEA until the US sanctions were not lifted.
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Government welcomes ُSupreme Leader's on need for removal of sanctions
Tehran, Feb 22, IRNA - President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that his government warmly welcomes the order of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei about lifting sanctions.
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Iran’s foreign trade to reach $60bn by yearend: MP
Kerman, Feb 18, IRNA – Mohammadreza Ebrahimi, an Iranian Member of Parliament, said on Thursday that despite efforts by the US and some other adversary countries to stop Iran's foreign trade, it is expected that the volume of Iran's foreign trade will reach $60 billion by yearend.
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Registration of Iran presidential hopefuls to start as of May 11
Tehran, Feb 9, IRNA - Registration of presidential hopefuls will start from May 11 for five days, Interior Ministry's Election Office said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Speaker says Gov't needs to empower Iranian people to withstand sanctions
Tehran, Nov 25, IRNA - Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf on Wednesday stressed the need to empower all Iranian people to withstand the sanctions.
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Iran, Spain willing to develop parliamentary relations
Madrid, Nov 13, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Madrid Hassan Qashqavi in a meeting with Spain's Speaker of Congress of Deputies Meritxell Batet underlined promoting parliamentary ties.
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Iran envoy, Pakistan foreign affairs committee Chairman discuss parliamentary cooperation
Islamabad, Oct 10, IRNA -- The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan and the Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs have stressed the need to strengthen parliamentary cooperation.
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Qalibaf: Nations never surrender to enemies' conspiracy
Tehran, Sept 14, IRNA - Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Monday that if some Arab governments are trying to force the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime under the pressure of arrogant tyrants, their nations should be paid attention because the people of these countries are not willing to tolerate the Zionist regime.
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Votes of two thirds of polling stations for run-off parliamentary elections counted
Tehran, Sept 11, IRNA -- Spokesman of Iranian Elections Headquarters said that the counting of votes in more than two-thirds of polling stations for run-off parliamentary elections has been completed, adding that as soon as the counting of votes is finalized, the election results will be officially announced.
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Envoy: Iran-Brazil parliamentary friendship group formed in Brazilian National Congress
Tehran, Sept 7, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Brasilia Hossein Gharibi congratulated the 198th anniversary of Brazil independence, saying Iran-Brazil parliamentary friendship group resumed activities in National Congress of Brazil.
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Zarif: We are held to account by parliament
Tehran, Aug 4, IRNA- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to Iranians' seismic achievement in 1906, saying "we are now held to account by the parliament".
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Iran Parliament investigating Natanz site incident
Qom, July 10, IRNA - Head of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament Mojtaba Zulnouri said various dimensions of incident in Natanz nuclear site is under investigation and the cause of incident has been identified.
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Iran’s parliament dismisses IAEA BoG’s resolution as politicized, unprofessional
Tehran, June 23, IRNA - The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) on Tuesday in a statement dismissed the resolution of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Iran as totally politicized and unprofessional.
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Senegalese Speaker stresses reinforcing parliamentary ties with Iran
Tehran, June 21, IRNA – The President of the National Assembly of Senegal Moustapha Niasse in a message expressed readiness for reinforcing parliamentary relations with the Iranian Parliament.
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Pakistan parliament moves to promote border trade with Iran
Islamabad, June 16, IRNA -- Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly taking notice of problems being faced by traders in doing business with Iran including mango exports directed the Ministry of Interior to take appropriate and urgent trade-facilitative measures during COVID-19 for opening and operation of Taftan border.
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Uzbek parliament speaker congratulates Iranian counterpart on election
Tehran, June 12, IRNA – Uzbekistan parliament speaker Nurdinjon Ismoilov issued a message on Friday congratulating Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf on being elected as new Iranian parliament speaker.
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Iran Majlis speaker congratulates Moscow on Russia Day
Tehran, June 12, IRNA - Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf extended separate messages of congratulations Friday to Russian officials on Russia Day, June 12.
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Bosnia calls for continuation of cooperation with Iran
Belgrade, June 9, IRNA – Chairman of the Bosnian House of Representatives Nebojša Radmanović and Charmin of House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Čović in separate messages called for continuation of parliamentary cooperation with Iran.
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Qalibaf says Iran keen on further parliamentary ties with Russia
Tehran, June 4, IRNA – Newly-elected Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf expressed Thursday Iran's readiness to follow up full implementation of agreements with Russia.
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Russia calls for developing parliamentary ties with Iran
Moscow, May 29, IRNA – Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in a message to new speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called for continuation of cooperation with the Iranian parliament.
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Iran's parliament elects Qalibaf as new speaker
Tehran, May 28, IRNA – The newly-elected Iranian MPs convened for a second time on Thursday and elected Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as the Parliament speaker for the first year of the new Parliament.