9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran

9th Islamic Consultative Assembly
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Overview
Jurisdiction	Islamic Republic of Iran
Meeting place	Baharestan
Term	27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) – 24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)
Election	2 March and 4 May 2012
Government	Ahmadinejad II (2012–2013) Rouhani I (2013–2016)
Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members	290
Speaker	Ali Larijani (2012–2016)
1st Deputy	Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard (2012–2016)
2nd Deputy	Mohammad-Reza Bahonar (2012–2016)
Fractions
Rahrovan	Kazem Jalali
Usulgarayan	Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Sessions
1st 27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) – 27 May 2013 (2013-05-27) 2nd 28 May 2013 (2013-05-28) – 24 May 2014 (2014-05-24)[1] 3rd 25 May 2014 (2014-05-25) – 25 May 2015 (2015-05-25)[2] 4th 26 May 2015 (2015-05-26) – 24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)[3]

The 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly (Persian: دوره نهم مجلس شورای اسلامی) was 33rd Parliament of Iran that commenced on 27 May 2012^[4] following the legislative elections on 2 March and 4 May 2012 and was closed on 24 May 2016.^[5]

Composition

The parliament was dominated by the conservatives.^[6] There were two main parliamentary groups active during the term: The majority Followers of Wilayat (Rahrovan) led by Ali Larijani and chaired by Kazem Jalali, along with the minority Principlists fraction led by Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel.^[7] The latter was composed of more conservative groupings such as Paydari and Pathseekers, however Larijani's fraction was hostile towards President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.^[8][9]

In the first session Speaker election, Haddad-Adel lost to Larijani with 100 to 173 votes out of total 275.^[10]

See also

• Majlis special commission for examining the JCPOA
• Iran Nuclear Achievements Protection Act
• Iranian Government's Reciprocal and Proportional Action in Implementing the JCPOA Act

References

1. "علی لاریجانی با ۲۱۳ رای برای دومین سال رئیس مجلس نهم شد" (in Persian). Icana News Agency. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
2. "علی لاریجانی برای سومین سال ریاست مجلس نهم را بر عهده گرفت" (in Persian). Hamshahri online. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
3. "مجلس نهم، سکانداران سال پایانی خود را شناخت" (in Persian). Jaam-e Jam. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
4. "Opening Ceremony of Iran's 9th Majlis", Iranian Diplomacy, 27 May 2012, retrieved 25 May 2017
5. "Iran's 9th parliament closes today", Mehr News Agency, 24 May 2016, retrieved 25 May 2017
6. Abdol Moghset Bani Kamal (2013), "The ninth Majlis elections in Iran: Electoral laws, procedures and institutions", Intellectual Discourse, 21 (1), International Islamic University of Malaysia: 71–86, ISSN 0128-4878
7. Bahram Rafiei (20 August 2014), "Political Realignments in the Majlis After Removal of Minister", RoozOnline, retrieved 24 June 2014^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8. Donovan, Marie; Melvin, Ryan; Pendleton, Caitlin (2 July 2017), "Iranian President and Parliament at Odds Over Nuke Deal", Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute, retrieved 2 July 2017 – via Newsweek
9. Naghmeh Sohrabi (July 2012), "Reading the Tea Leaves: Iranian Domestic Politics and the Presidential Election of 2013" (PDF), Middle East Brief (65), Brandeis University
10. "Larijani re-elected as Iran's 9th Majlis Speaker", KhabarOnline, 28 May 2012, retrieved 24 June 2014