The National Consultative Assembly (), or simply Majles, was the national

legislative body A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers o ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

from 1906 to 1979. It was elected by

universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...

, excluding the armed forces and convicted criminals but after 1963 including women, who could both vote and be elected.

Notes and references

* Afary, Janet. ''The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911''. Columbia University Press. 1996. {{coord, 35.6903, N, 51.4333, E, source:wikidata, display=title Defunct national legislatures 1906 establishments in Iran 1906 in law 20th century in Iran Legislature of Iran Politics of Qajar Iran Pahlavi Iran