Senate of Iran

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The Senate of Iran (Majles-e Sena) was a legislative chamber that was disbanded after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in Iran. It had been established in 1906. In lieu thereof, the Assembly of Experts and the Council of Guardians were created. One of its prominent members was Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby (1951-1963).

In his last major speech before exile at his home in Qom on 26 October 1964, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini denounced the "Capitulation Bill" (a bill that would grant Americans legal immunity in Iran and send them for trial to the United States) and said, "Those old men in the Senate are traitors, and all those in the lower house who voted in favour of this affair are traitors. They are not our representatives."^[1] Also, the Iranian Senate approved the government of Shapour Bakhtiar.^[2]

Some of its members fled to Israel, Europe, and America.

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Bicameral legislature of monarchical Iran (1906-1979)

Senate • Majles (National Consultative Assembly)

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Tricameral legislature of Islamic Republic of Iran

Council of Guardians • Expediency Council • Majles (Islamic Consultative Assembly)
•Note: The Expediency Council also functions like a privy council to the Supreme Leader.