Women in the Islamic Consultative Assembly

[4] The constituencies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis, with 57 female representative in Islamic Consultative Assembly in different parliamentary terms, have the highest number of women.

Isfahan, Mashhad and Kalat and Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr constituencies are in the next ranks with 8, 7 and 4 female representative, respectively.

[8][9] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (the last Shah (King) of the Imperial State of Iran) left the decision to Asadollah Alam's government.

[11][12] After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the number of female representatives in different periods never reached two digits before the tenth term of the parliament.

[13] In each of the first, second, and third terms of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, 4 female candidates and a total of 12 women, all from Tehran, were able to run for office in their constituencies.

Finally, the 10th term broke the record of the Islamic Consultative Assembly with 17 female representatives, 14 of whom are reformist and moderate.

[16] This fraction was marginalized in the seventh, eighth, and ninth terms of the parliament due to the dominance of conservatives, and its function was more or less preserved; However, female representatives retained its structure.

[15] The women's fraction in the 11th term of the parliament was formed under the chairmanship of Fatemeh Ghasempour,[17] a representative of Tehran.