[custom_adv] The Islamic Consultative Assembly also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles , is the national legislative body of Iran. [custom_adv] The Parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election. [custom_adv] The most recent election took place on 21 February 2020 and the new parliament was opened on 28 May 2020. The parliament has no major influence on foreign affairs or Iran's nuclear policy, which are determined by Ali Khamenei. [custom_adv] fter the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Senate of Iran was abolished and was effectively replaced by the Guardian Council thus the Iranian legislature remained bicameral. In the 1989 revision of the constitution, the National Consultative Assembly became the Islamic Consultative Assembly. [custom_adv] The Parliament of Iran has had six chairmen since the Iranian Revolution. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the first chairman, from 1980 to 1989. [custom_adv] Then came Mehdi Karroubi (1989–1992), Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri (1992–2000), Mehdi Karroubi (2000–2004), Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (2004–2008), Ali Larijani (2008–2020) and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf since 2020. [custom_adv] Over its history the Parliament is said to have evolved from being "a debating chamber for notables," to "a club for the shah's placemen" during the Pahlavi era, to a body dominated by members of "the propertied middle class" under the Islamic Republic. [custom_adv] On 7 June 2017, there was shooting at the Iranian parliament and at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini. Gunmen opened fire at the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. The attack on the mausoleum reportedly left 17 persons dead and more than 30 people injured.
