Senate of Iran

Senate of Iran
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Iran Senate House, designed by Heydar Ghiai, in 1955

The Senate House of Iran (Kakh-e Majles-e Sena) was the upper house legislative chamber during the Pahlavi dynasty and was disbanded after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in Iran, when the legislature became unicameral. It had been established in the 1906 Iranian Constitutional Revolution.

Currently, the building is used by the Assembly of Experts.

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1 History
2 Major Events
3 Bibliography
4 See also
5 References and notes
6 External links

History

Constitution

Established as per Chapter 3, Article 45 of the Iranian Constitution of 1906,

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The Members of this Assembly shall be chosen from amongst the well-informed, discerning, pious and respected persons of the Realm. Thirty of them shall be nominated on the part of His Imperial Majesty (fifteen of the people of Tehran, and fifteen of the people of the Provinces), and thirty by the Nation (fifteen elected by the people of Tehran, and fifteen by the people of the Provinces).

”

The Building

The Senate House of Iran was designed by the Architect Heydar Ghiaï in 1955"¹.

Senate House Model

Senate House Chamber Dome

Members

Dr.Jafar Sharif-Emami, as President of the Senate until 1978

Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby (1951-1963).
Ali Dashti for 1954-1979² .
Jafar Sharif-Emami, Prime Minister of Iran (1960-1961 & 1978), was in the Iranian senate³⁴. He was the president thereof⁵for a number of years.
Jamshid Aalam (1973-1979)

Dissolution

Following the Iranian revolution in 1979,the government became unicameral, the senate was dissolved and the new Majlis convened in the senate building.

Major Events

1950 (February 9th), first inaugural session presided by His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Pahlavi .
1952, Mohammad Mossadeq mangaged to obtain power to rule by decree — first, for a six-month period and then extended — due to his popularity. Later, he organized a plebiscite in 1953, won the votes, and dissolved both the Majlis and Senate⁶. Upon Mossadeq's ouster, the legislative bodies were revived.
1961, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi dissolved both the Majlis and Senate⁷. Some time after this, the bodies were restored once again.