Majlis
Iran's 290-seat unicameral Parliament, the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
On 6 August, the Majlis merged twelve Strait of Hormuz bills into a draft that would fine foreign shippers and bar Israel-linked cargo, sharpening Parliament's separate line from Iran's negotiators.
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The Majlis is Iran's unicameral Parliament, formally called the Islamic Consultative Assembly. It has 290 seats and passes legislation, approves ministers and scrutinises the government. Members are elected for four-year terms, but the Guardian Council vets candidates before elections and reviews bills before they become law.
The assembly operates within a system where The Supreme Leader controls strategic policy and unelected bodies can limit parliamentary action. Even so, a Majlis vote can give domestic legal force to sanctions policy, nuclear restrictions, budgets or maritime rules. Committees develop bills and question ministers before measures reach the chamber. The institution therefore matters less as an Independent sovereign legislature than as one part of Iran's layered state, able to formalise policy and create legal obstacles that later governments must reverse or accommodate.
Majlis hardens Hormuz control
On 6 August, the Majlis combined twelve proposed Hormuz measures into one draft. It would bar cargo linked to Israel and allow fines of up to 20% of cargo value for other shippers. The move placed Parliament behind a harder transit regime than the Oman-mediated channel pursued by Iran's foreign ministry.
That legislative role matters for the Majlis because it can turn a wartime demand into a domestic constraint on later diplomacy. Its National Security Committee had already passed an 11-article bill on 20 May requiring rial-only passage fees and banning vessels from hostile nations. The bill conflicted with a state portal accepting yuan and Bitcoin, exposing disagreement over how parliament's policy would work in practice.
Majlis hardens Hormuz control
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