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Who is responsible for jurors guardianship?

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The Supreme Leader, Guardian Council, and Assembly of Religious Experts

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What is jurist guardianship?

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Making sure democratic bodies adhere to Islamic beliefs and laws

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How has the Supreme Lead r been changed since Khomeini died?

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The Supreme Leader is now chosen for life

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What is the primary job of the Supreme Leader?

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He is the leading Islamic jurist and interpreter of sharia law

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How does the supreme leader fit into the branches of government?

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He links the 3 together and mediates between them

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What power concerning elections does the supreme leader have?

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He can eliminate candidates

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What power concerning appointments does the Supreme Leader have?

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Appoint/dismiss judges and administrators and nominate Guardian council members

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What power concerning bureaucracy does the supreme leader have?

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Appoints the heads of each bureaucracy

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What power concerning military does the supreme leader have?

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Command of the armed forces and declare war and peace

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What power concerning policy does the supreme leader have?

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Supervises policy according to sharia law

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Is the supreme leader head of gov or head of state?

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Head of state

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How is the supreme leader different from the queen of England?

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As head of state he has much more power than the Queen

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Who is the head of gov?

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The President

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What is the role of the Iranian president?

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Head of gov, represents democratic principles

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What are the foreign responsibilities of the president?

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Sign treaties, appoint ambassadors, budget, propose legislation

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What are checks on the presidents power?

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The SL can overturn decisions, dismiss the president and the the Majles can investigate complaints/ remove his cabinet heads

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What are qualifications for being president?

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Hold Islamic principles, shiite, and be vetted by the SL

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Who is primarily responsible for writing all laws and developing the budget?

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The presidents cabinet

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18
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The Iranian bureaucracy is dominated by what kind of people?

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The clergy

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What are the oldest cabinet post?

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The intelligence interior, justice, cultural, and Islamic guidance

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What role does the bureaucracy serve to control the people?

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Sensor the media

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What role does the bureaucracy play to ensure that all citizens, even borrow ones, adhere to Islam?

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The way that the ministry is spread out in church that Islam is spread throughout the country

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How does the bureaucracy reflects the Islamic principle of taking care of the poor?

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They are supposed to be charities that are to help the people such as Banyads redistribute wealth

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How is the Iranian legislature different from other countries we’ve studied?

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It’s a single house and it also has to adhere to religious laws and beliefs

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How does the Majles represent a democratic institution?

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Members are directly elected by the people and pass statutes

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When did the Majles first appear as an Iranian government institution?

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The constitution of 1906 provide for them

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Why can the majles be considered a body with some authority?

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They can enacts in change laws, interpret legislation, appoint membersof the Guardian Council, investigate complaints against the president

27
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Why can the Majles be considered a week body with limited authority?

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Each power they have had some qualification attached to it, power is limited by the religious bodies

28
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What kind of cytisine representation elects the members of the legislation?

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Single-member districts are similar to the US and UK

29
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How are religious minorities represented in the majles?

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Five seats are reserved for a representation of minorities

30
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What actions were taken to ensure that the reformers lost their majority?

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They formed a coalition to gain 80% of the seats in the election of 2000; the Guardian Council band reformists from running

31
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Who is the highest judicial authority and Iran?

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The Chief Justice

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How does one become the chief justice?

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He is appointed by the supreme leader for a five-year turn

33
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What is the highest Court of Appeals and Iran?

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The Supreme Court

34
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How is it insured that the judiciary will adhere to Islamic principles and sharia law?

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All judges are high ranking clerics

35
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How is the power of the judiciary checks?

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The supreme leader, a simile of religious experts, and the Guardian Council check them

36
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How does a Iranian judiciary different from the other judiciary studied in this class?

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The ultimate authority lives in sharia law and not the Constitution

37
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Ultimate authority in Iran lies where?

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Sharia law and those who interpreted it

38
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What was retribution law?

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Loss of control social activities and have strict penalties

39
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How is retribution law evident in the current legal system?

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That definitely is a option for a range of activities

40
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Is there judicial review and Iran?

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Yes, but all authority ultimately lies with sharia law

41
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How do you members of the Guardian Council get their positions?

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Six are appointed by the supreme leader and six are nominated by the Chief Judge and approved by the Majles

42
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How does the Guardian Council have control over elections?

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They have the power to decide who can run; to disqualify candidates

43
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What power does the Guardian Council have over the legislature?

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Their review bills that are past due ensure that they agree with sharia law

44
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What is the Guardian Council guarding?

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Sharia law; making sure democratic bodies adhere to Islamic beliefs and laws

45
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How are the 86 religious experts chosen?

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They are directly elected by the people every four years

46
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What qualifications are necessary to be a religious expert?

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Now they just have to be vetted by the Guardian Council but before that used to have a seminary degree now non-clerics can join

47
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What was the assembly of religious experts first important act in 1989?

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It’s selected Khamenei as supreme leader

48
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How does the assembly of religious experts hold power over the supreme leader?

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They choose him and can dismiss him

49
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Who was the current chairman of the assembly and 2007 and why was he significant?

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President Rafsanjani; he was a reformist

50
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Why is he still relevant today and the election of 2013?

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He was eliminated as a president presidential candidate for being a reformist

51
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Why was the expediency counsel created?

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To be a referee between the Majles in the Guardian Council

52
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The expediency counsel a legitimate institution?

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Yes

53
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How many are on the council and how did they get their jobs?

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There are 32 members and their appointed by the supreme leader

54
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Must be expediency counsel be clerics?

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No, but most are

55
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Does the expediency counselor have any other power than to just serve as a referee?

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They can originate their own bills and create compromise bills

56
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Is the expediency counsel powerful I just rubberstamp of the supreme leader in Guardian Council?

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They are powerful

57
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How does the Iranian military differ from the other states studied in this class?

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They have two separate militaries

58
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What is the Revolutionary guard?

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It was set up by the Ayatollah in 1979

59
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What is the purpose of the Revolutionary guard?

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To prevent coup d’états from other militarized. Within Iran

60
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Who is responsible for choosing the Revolutionary guard leadership?

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Supreme leader

61
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What is the Basij?

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A loosely organized military that is formally part of the Revolutionary guards; it controls the masses it is basically a large police force

62
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How does the regular military compare with the Revolutionary guard?

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regular military is only responsible for protecting borders

63
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Is the Iranian military really a threat to its neighbors and beyond?

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Yes

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