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National Consultative Assembly

National Consultative Assembly

National legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979

This article is about the Iranian body. For the Spanish corporative chamber in the interwar period, see National Assembly (Spain).

The National Consultative Assembly (Persian: مجلس شورای ملی, romanized: Mad̲j̲les-e s̲h̲ūrā-ye mellī),[1] or simply Majles, was the national legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979.

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It was elected by universal suffrage, excluding the armed forces and convicted criminals but since 1963 including women, who might both vote and be elected.[1]

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (1986). "Mad̲j̲lis". In W. Madelung; Rahman, Munibur; Landau, J. M.; Yapp, M.E.; Robinson, F.C.R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 5 (Second ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0606. ISBN 9789004161214.
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