Specialized Commissions of the Parliament of Iran

The Specialized Commissions of the Parliament of Iran are groups of representatives that are formed with the aim of expertly reviewing the plans and bills proposed in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran.

Pursuant to Article 66 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the number of commissions and the term of office of the representatives in them will be specified in the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament of Iran).

Article 85 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran also states: "... The Assembly cannot delegate the power of legislation to an individual or committee. But whenever necessary, it can delegate the power of legislating certain laws to its own committees, in accordance with Article 72. In such a case, the laws will be implemented on a tentative basis for a period specified by the Assembly, and their final approval will-rest with the Assembly. Likewise, the Assembly may, in accordance with Article 72, delegate to the relevant committees the responsibility for permanent approval of articles of association of organizations, companies, government institutions, or organizations affiliated to the government and or invest the authority in the government ..."

Normally, the plans and bills of the Iranian parliament are first examined by the relevant commissions, and during the draft in the open court of the parliament, the final opinion of the commission is asked and announced.

Regulations
Pursuant to Article 38 of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Parliament of Iran has specialized commissions in two categories of Privileged commissions and Expert commissions with a specific scope of duties as described in the internal regulations of the parliament. The number of members of Expert commissions is at least nineteen and at most twenty-three, and the number of members of Privileged commissions is determined according to Articles (39) to (44) of the internal regulations.

Duties and authorities
Pursuant to Article 45 of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, each of the Expert commissions of the parliament of Iran that are formed in accordance with these by-laws have the following duties and authorities in their specialized areas: 1. Examining the plans and referenced bills and submit reports to the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

2. Examination and pilot approval of plans and bills, as well as permanent approval of the statutes of organizations, companies and government or government-affiliated institutions in accordance with Article 85 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

3. Examination of the research and disquisition requests.

4. Dealing with the question of the delegates from the President and the Ministers.

5. Examining the cases referred from the annual development plan and budget bills and reporting them to the Joint Commission.

6. Obtaining information from the administration of the country, receiving and reviewing performance and monitoring reports on the implementation of laws related to relevant agencies.

7. Preparing case and annual reports on the executive affairs of the agencies and the manner of implementing the laws, especially the law of the annual development plan and budget, and presenting the positive and negative points and proposing how to amend it and submitting the report to the parliament.

Commissions
Currently, the specialized commissions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament of Iran) formed under two categories of Privileged commissions and Expert commissions in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. These commissions include: