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Iran’s Political System: Theoretical Base, Constituent Units and Democratic Nature
Hanjing YUE
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2134/2015.11.004
Iran has a very unique political system, the theoretical foundation of which is Khomeini’s doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih or Regency of the Jurisprudent and its important constituent units include such unelected ones as the Supreme Leader, commanders of the Armed Forces, the Guardian Council, the Head of Judiciary, the Expediency Council and the elected ones like the President, the Parliament, the Expert Assembly. The functions, ways of forming and correlation of the units manifest the system’s dominant feature of God’s rights above people’s rights. Iran’s political system contains, at least formally, some obvious democratic elements, but when it is measured in terms of the four basic principles and the three pillars of the western democracy, the democratic nature of the system is quite limited.
Iran, political system, democracy, Velayat-e Faqih
YUE, H. J. (2015). Iran’s political system: Theoretical base, constituent units and democratic nature. International Relations and Diplomacy, 3(11), 773-779.