Majlis

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The Majlis is the national legislative assembly of Iran, serving as the country’s parliament and central representative body in its political system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Majlis canonical 4
Meli Shura 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
buildingLocation Baharestan Square, Tehran ⓘ
canApprove cabinet ministers ⓘ
international treaties ⓘ
national budget ⓘ
candidateScreeningBy Guardian Council ⓘ
canImpeach ministers ⓘ
canInterpellate President of Iran ⓘ
ministers ⓘ
canPass ordinary laws ⓘ
constitution Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
electionFrequency every 4 years ⓘ
electorate citizens of Iran ⓘ
establishedDuring Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1980 ⓘ
firstEstablished 1906 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Iran ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsFor Armenian Christians ⓘ
linked to: Armenians

Assyrian and Chaldean Christians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Zoroastrians ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrianism

religious minorities ⓘ
hasStandingCommitteesOn budget and planning ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Tehran ⓘ
maximumCandidateAge usually 75 years ⓘ
meetsIn Islamic Consultative Assembly building ⓘ
minimumCandidateAge usually 30 years ⓘ
mustHaveLawsReviewedBy Guardian Council ⓘ
nativeName Majles-e Shorâ-ye Eslâmî ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Iran
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 290 ⓘ
officialName Islamic Consultative Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Iran
precededBy National Consultative Assembly ⓘ
roleInInternationalAgreements must ratify major treaties and agreements ⓘ
roleInWarAndPeace can approve or reject declarations of war and peace ⓘ
sharesPowerWith President of Iran ⓘ
Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
shortName Majlis ⓘ
supervisedBy Guardian Council ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem two-round system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Majlis → shortName → Majlis ⓘ
National Assembly (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) → alsoKnownAs → Meli Shura ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
linked to: Majlis