Nateq-Nouri’s parliamentary career began during the formative years of the Islamic Republic. He represented the constituency of Noor and Mahmudabad, a constituency located in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. Over the course of his career, he was elected to seven terms of the Islamic Consultative Assembly: the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth terms.
His entry into parliament came through a by-election in 1981. In that election, he succeeded his brother Abbas-Ali Nateq-Nouri as representative of the constituency. This development marked the beginning of a parliamentary career that would ultimately span several decades. The first parliamentary term of the Islamic Republic was held during a particularly significant period in Iran’s modern political history. The country was still undergoing institutional transformation following the 1979 revolution, while the Iran-Iraq War had begun in 1980. Representatives elected during this period operated within a political and social environment shaped by revolutionary change, war, and the establishment of new state institutions.
Ahmad Nateq-Nouri’s election to parliament therefore placed him among the legislators involved in the early development of the post-revolutionary parliamentary system. His service in the first term was followed by an absence during the second term. He subsequently returned to parliament and represented Noor and Mahmudabad continuously across the third through eighth terms.
