Baharestan Palace () is the historic Iranian parliament building, inaugurated in 1906 (see the Persian Constitutional Revolution). The neighborhood where the palace is located was named after the complex.
History
The palace was originally built by Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar, a Qajar era prime minister, as his private residence. Afterwards, it was owned by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. During the Persian Constitutional Revolution, it became the Iranian parliament building. It was bombarded in 1908 by the forces of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar leading to the Minor Tyranny.
thumb|The parliament after the 1908 bombardment
Baharestan Palace remained the location for the lower house of the Iranian parliament (the Senate had moved to a new building in central Tehran) until the Iranian Revolution in 1979. After the revolution, the parliament became unicameral and met at the Senate building, and to a newly built building in Baharestan in 2004.
Gallery
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File:Parliamenttehran1906.jpg|Parliament chamber, 1906
File:Majlisbomb.jpg|Baharestan Palace after bombardment, 1908
File:MajlesShoraMelliEntrance.jpg|The old gate to the Baharestan gardens
File:آئین گشایش دوره ششم تقنینیه 06.jpg|Plan drawing of the parliament chamber
File:Majles1956.jpg|Baharestan Palace in 1956
File:Majles Shora Melli Inside1.jpg|The parliament chamber, Pahlavi era
File:10000 IRR 1981 Back.jpg|Baharestan Palace on a 1981 banknote
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See also
- Persian Constitutional Revolution
- 1908 bombardment of the Majlis
- 2017 Tehran attacks