Iran’s National Consultative Assembly [Majles-e Shora-ye Melli also called Parliament or Majlis] was established in October 1906.

In the same year, the then-parliament speaker ordered the provision of several legal and non-legal books that could be used for making law, laying the foundation for one of the oldest libraries in Iran.

In 1925, the library was moved to an independent building.

Majlis added thousands of manuscripts, books, and documents to its library over decades while also forming a museum next to it.

In December 1996, a new statute for the library was approved by the Parliament, whereby the library became a new organization financially and organizationally independent from the Parliament.

One of the treasuries of the library contains some 28,000 manuscripts.

The library is also home to more than 422,000 printed books that are held in four halls.

The library’s document center contains more than 6 million documents related to different periods and in different languages such as Persian, English, Arabic, and French.

Another invaluable treasury of the library contains some 83,000 old newspapers and magazines both printed inside and outside Iran.

The oldest newspaper in the collection is a copy of Vaqaye-e Ettefaqiyeh weekly which dates back to 1851.

The library also has a special department for the restoration of damaged manuscripts and books.