Ghanbar Naderi
Press TV, Tehran Iran’s newly-elected Parliament convened for the first time on Wednesday.

At the opening ceremony of the eleventh Parliament, the head of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s office read a message from the Leader. In the message, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on the newly-elected MPs to push for the settlement of the country’s economic problems on the basis of the resistance economy policies.

The Leader also urged the lawmakers to formulate plans to improve the livelihood of the vulnerable groups and fulfill the economic justice goals.

After the leader’s message, it was President Hassan Rouhani’s turn to address the new Parliament.

The inaugural session of Iran’s 11th Parliament after victory of the Islamic Revolution was attended by Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi.

Top military commanders were also in attendance.

The new Parliament is dominated by principlists while the previous legislature was chiefly composed of reformists and moderates.

The Iranian president called on the lawmakers to put national interests before part considerations.

There are 290 seats in the Iranian Parliament.

The lawmakers are elected for a 4-year term, with no limitation for the incumbent or former Parliamentarians to run again.

The next step for the Parliament is to hold a session to endorse the credentials of the new MPs and elect an official presiding board.

Unlike previous Parliaments, the new lawmakers will not visit the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini due to the outbreak of the coronavirus and the need to observe health regulations