| 14th National Consultative Assembly | |||||||||
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| Jurisdiction | Imperial State of Iran | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Baharestan | ||||||||
| Term | 6 March 1944 – 12 March 1946 | ||||||||
| Election | November 1943 and February 1944 | ||||||||
| National Consultative Assembly | |||||||||
| Members | 137 | ||||||||
| Speaker | Mohammad-Sadegh Tabatabaei[1]: 269–271 | ||||||||
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14th Iranian Majlis was commenced on 6 March 1944 and ended on 12 March 1946.[1]: 261
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.[2]