IRAN
• Theocracy
• (called Persia until 1935) Governed for more than 2000 years by a
royal family (sha)
• Sha Mohamad Reza Pahlavi, overthrown in 1979 by a religious
movement led by the Ayatollah Khomeini (Shiite)
• Eight-year religious war with Iraq (Shiite vs. Sunni)
• Regime based on Islamic fundamentalism:
• Sharia (law) + God
• The wali faqih or ruling theologian is the supreme authority (judge,
leader, and legislator)
• Republic?
• President, Prime minister, elected assembly, are all subordinate to
the wali faqih and the Revolution Council (integrated by the chief
ayatollahs)
• Islamic Republican Party: tool of control of the police, paramilitary
and religious groups
• Two factions: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (hardliner) and
President Mohammad Khatami (reformer)
IRAN• Theocracy• (called Persia until 1935) Governed for more than 2000 years by aroyal family (sha)• Sha Mohamad Reza Pahlavi, overthrown in 1979 by a religiousmovement led by the Ayatollah Khomeini (Shiite)• Eight-year religious war with Iraq (Shiite vs. Sunni)• Regime based on Islamic fundamentalism:• Sharia (law) + God• The wali faqih or ruling theologian is the supreme authority (judge,leader, and legislator)• Republic?• President, Prime minister, elected assembly, are all subordinate tothe wali faqih and the Revolution Council (integrated by the chiefayatollahs)• Islamic Republican Party: tool of control of the police, paramilitaryand religious groups• Two factions: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (hardliner) andPresident Mohammad Khatami (reformer)
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