The bill to amend the law of the Ministry of Intelligence went up in a flash: 🔹 At the plenary meeting today, the members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly approved turning the two-stage bill to amend the law of the Ministry of Intelligence into a bill in a flash: with 192 votes in favor and 49 against.
🔹 Before the vote, Ebrahim Azizi, the representative of Shiraz in the parliament, emphasized the need to modernize the structure of the Ministry of Intelligence, and stated that the ministry must be more effective in dealing with existing and especially emerging threats.
🔹 He also emphasized the importance of making better use of the ministry's expertise and increasing its understanding of various issues, and called for more time to allow for expert review of the bill and to gather information from legislators.
🔹 With its status as a lightning rod: the bill has now been approved, the details and proposals of the legislators will be examined later as part of the legislative process.