Alwaght- The new MPs in Iran took the oath of representation and held their first session in the 12th Parliament as the country is expecting snap presidential elections on June 28 after a helicopter crash killed President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and a number of others.
The first meeting of the new Parliament kicked off on Monday morning with high-ranking officials, including acting president Mohammad Mokhber, Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, senior military commanders, and the foreign ambassadors to Tehran in attendance.
The oldest lawmakers have formed a transitional presiding board that is tasked with supervising the inauguration ceremony and electing an official presiding board.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, representing the people of Lar, has been elected as the transitional speaker of the Parliament as the oldest MP.
A message from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei was read to the lawmakers by the Leader’s chief of staff.
The countrywide elections for the Parliament and the Assembly of Experts were held on March 1.
Around 61 million Iranian people were eligible to vote, including 3.5 million first-time voters.
The run-off parliamentary polls were held on May 10 to fill 45 remaining seats in the legislature.
There are 290 seats in the Iranian Parliament. The lawmakers are elected for a 4-year term, with no limitation for the incumbent or former parliamentarians to run again.
