14th Iranian Majlis

14th National Consultative Assembly
13th 15th
Overview
JurisdictionImperial State of Iran
Meeting placeBaharestan
Term6 March 1944 (1944-03-06) – 12 March 1946 (1946-03-12)
ElectionNovember 1943 and February 1944
National Consultative Assembly
Members137
SpeakerMohammad-Sadegh Tabatabaei
1st Deputy
  • Javad Ameri (1st session)
  • Hashemi Malek Madani (2nd, 3rd, 4th sessions)
2nd Deputy
Sessions
1st2 April 1944 (1944-04-02) – 5 October 1944 (1944-10-05)
2nd6 October 1944 (1944-10-06) – 1 April 1945 (1945-04-01)
3rd2 April 1945 (1945-04-02) – 4 October 1945 (1945-10-04)
4th5 October 1945 (1945-10-05) – 12 March 1946 (1946-03-12)

14th Iranian Majlis was commenced on 6 March 1944 and ended on 12 March 1946.

In a national history of factionalism, it was the assembly of intense factionalism. As many as seven rival groups labelled fraktions -a term borrowed from the German parliament- in constantly competing with each other, wasted one quarter of the session in obstructionism, and brought persistent instability on the governmental level: during these 24 months, there were seven changes of premiers, nine changes of cabinets, and 110 changes of ministers. The 14th Parliament sat during one of the rare periods in which there was some degree of freedom for political expression.