Pursuant to Article 53 of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran), the Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is formed to perform its assigned duties within the scope of domestic policy, councils, non-civil affairs of municipalities and civil registration in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.

The Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is defined as the equivalent of the Ministry of Interior in the structure of government ministries (executive branch). The Ministry of Interior and, consequently, the Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission are primarily responsible for dealing with "internal affairs of the country".

Scope of duties and authorities The important outlines of the issues examined by Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission and the scope of its duties and authorities can be categorized as follows:

Supervisory priorities The supervisory priorities of the Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission include the following:

Make the Islamic councils of cities and villages efficient and pursue the comprehensive urban management bill Pursue the presentation of the bill of the comprehensive law of national divisions Supervising the proper implementation of the "Law on Transparency and Supervision of Financing of Electoral Activities in the Islamic Consultative Assembly Elections"

Members The members of the Internal Affairs of the Country and Councils Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in the second year of the 11th term of the Assembly are as follows:

RowNamePosition 1 Mohammad Saleh JowkarChairman 2 Mohammad Safari Malek MianFirst Vice Chairman 3 Mohammadreza Sabaghian BafghiSecond Vice Chairman 4 Ruhollah NejabatSpokesperson 5 Rasool Farokhi MeikalFirst Secretary 6 Fatemeh MaghsoodiSecond Secretary 7 Ali HadadiCorporator 8 Kiomars Sarmadi WalehCorporator 9 Ahmad AlirezabeigiCorporator 10 Morteza MahmoudvandCorporator 11 Mohammadhassan AsafariCorporator 12 Abolfazl AbutorabiCorporator 13 Hossein BamiriCorporator 14 Ghodratollah Hamzeh ShalamzariCorporator 15 Hossein Khosravi EsfezarCorporator 16 Hossein MohammadSalehi DaraniCorporator 17 Hossein AbbaszadehCorporator 18 Mohammad Bagher GhalibafCorporator 19 Seyyed Hamidreza KazemiCorporator 20 Fathollah TavassoliCorporator 21 Valiollah Bayati TafreshCorporator 22 Jalal Rashidi KoochiCorporator 23 Mohammad Ashoori TazianiCorporator

See also Program, Budget and Accounting Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Education, Research and Technology Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Social Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Health and Medical Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Special Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly The history of the parliament in Iran

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