Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Islamic Parliament of Iran

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament and the Executive together
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
The Executive decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Iranian Rial (IRR)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
62,870.200
(2022)
Parliament’s budget, per year
No information available
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
No information available
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
No information available
State budget, per year
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Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
No information available

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
No
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
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Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
The Speaker
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
A fixed number of years
Length of the fixed term for the Secretary General (years)
2
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No