Iran 's Political Regime : Iran

Just like in America, the president’s term is 4 years long and they can serve up to two consecutive terms. They are considered to be the head of the executive branch of power. This does not mean that they have the liberty to do as they please. Their powers are controlled and have limits which are made by clerics. Iran has a supreme leader and this person controls all aspects from the armed forces to major foreign policy issues. The supreme leader makes decisions on security and also on defense. Parliament is also a part of their leadership system. For example, the president gets to choose their cabinet but the parliament has to approve. The parliament has the power to impeach prime ministers, also known as

The countries present their ideologies to the outside world as holy nations. Recently there has been significant evidence on major shifts with increasing polarization and creation of new alliances. These strategic actions produce both risks and opportunities; however, in the Middle East, there has been growing sectarianism in the conflicts (El Fadl, 2005). The sectarianism plays a great role in the political conflicts within Saudi Arabia and Iran. While both Saudi Arabia and Iran claim to have theocracy model states based on Islam, Saudi Arabia is considered a Theo-monarchy with strong relations to Wahhabism, a branch of Sunni Islam, while Iran’s political system has democratic components and is based on Shiism (Al-Rasheed, 1996). The differences in religious practices and ethnicity between the two nations have contributed to the dilemma of instability in the Middle

Throughout the 19th and 20th century Iran saw not only the changing of three regimes, but also the coming, and going of classical imperialists in Britain and Russia, but also late comers to the game in the United States. In each instance however, Iran was on a road to appeasement. In some instances such as with the Qajar’s, Iran’s Imperial family was trying to get more money for the betterment of itself. In the event of the Pahlavi’s, Iran was trying to modernize based off of a western model of success. In both instances the carving out of resources was involved in which Iran stood to lose the most by giving up very lucrative state industries to

Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian man, said in an interview with an Australian reporter “It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics,” (Matini 1). The country of Iran is greatly influenced by religion and government power.

The examination of the functionings of religious states is best done by using two of the most well known nations with a state sponsored religion; Israel and Iran. Their respective religions, Jewish and Islamic, govern their state’s policy and everyday life, allowing for a comprehensive comparison regarding the impact on democracy. Israel and Iran have long been at odds politically, so this comparison between the two will highlight the way the two states have dealt with their religious base. Iran is an Islamic sponsored state, with most of their political system revolving around the religious leaders. Israel is a Jewish state with a large secular citizenry to match the religious base, causing the political structure of the state to take a different approach to governing. Israel’s more secular and inclusive structure of government has allowed for a greater development of democracy, compared to Iran’s highly religious and non-inclusive governmental setup which has led to a theocracy disguised as a democratic state.

They have the main say over the decisions in the government. Much like the system used in the United States of America, Iran's political system consists of the same three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Next in line to the dictator is the President of Iran who resides four years in a term. Currently the President is Hassan Rouhani, who has the privilege of choosing Vice Presidents along with 21 cabinet members out of the 86 total bodies (Kinzer). The people have minimal to no power over what of authority of the government in any ways to get a figure to listen and stop a decision. Unfortunately, the totalitarianism regime does not tolerate this behavior and usually tries to violently make people stop to ensure fear in the public. The political system is central, however, the citizens have no control over accommodating their personal sovereignty. Journalism and press related methods have been given more rights but are still under close watch of the authorities. Men are required to serve in Iran’s military after graduating high school unless they attend a university, or try to make the brave move of coming to the U.S.A. After this time, it is up to the individual to either stay and continue to live life in rankings or to move to the U.S.A and have a good

When people are given power many people use it in selfless manners because power tends to corrupt the people who posses it. Others may become arrogant because of their power and not see the suffering of his or hers’ own people which they rule. The past and the present has supported Lord's actions statement that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely and can be clarified through many books observations, and personal experiences.

The current, existing institutions set up in Iran would qualify this country as both consensual and majoritarian. The Iranian executive branch is composed of a Supreme Leader elected by the Assembly of Experts, a president and vice president, oversight bodies and a cabinet (World Fact Book). The Supreme leader is appointed for life by the Assembly Experts, not through the people. Iran also has a weak, unicameral Islamic legislative branch. It is also important to note that Iran does not put a lot of its attention toward formalized political parties and interest groups. Iran is a mixture of consensual and majoritarian government, but recent events and other governmental acts prove otherwise. While most aspects in its written Constitution label Iran as consensual, the government does not always act that way. With nearly seventy-seven million people in the country with ethnic groups including Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes, and others, Iran should make the educated decision to move towards a more consensual government to better represent their people and include minority representation (Iran). To make this transformation, the Iranian government should make changes dealing with the election system, executive power sharing, balance of power, political parties and federalism.

Once again the Iranian government’s major control is proved. People have the option of one religion or are punished, sometimes even by death. Not only do they not have freedom of religion, but also they are prejudiced against, interrogated, and treated horribly for believing in Christianity. The hostility in Iran is also

Iran has always, it seems, been the breeding ground for some kind of political upheaval or another. In recent times, back in 1979, there was a major revolution which was, in some ways, similar to the revolution we are seeing today. The people were angry and they were tired of being controlled by the government that was in power. They had concrete ideals and were incredibly passionate about their revolution. The revolution Iran is experiencing today does not appear to be quite as passionate and does not appear to maintain a belief in any real solid political system. They just know they want something different. In the following paper we present an illustration of the current revolution that is taking place. We detail why it

there are 3 branches of government; legislative, executive, and judicial whose powers are given by the Constitution and the people. This a democratic republic form of government whose power is shared between the federal and state governments. The legislative branch is made up of Congress; Bicameral, House of Representatives and Senators. Congress has the power to levy and collect taxes, print money, provide for post offices and roads, create federal courts, declare war, initiate the militia and make laws. Each Representative and Senator are elected by the people in their state for a specified amount of time. The executive branch is the President who is the head of state and government as well as Commander in Chief of the military and the chief diplomat. The President granted power by the constitution to veto laws, sign treaties, and broker peace or war with foreign powers. The third branch of government is the judicial branch which applies the laws and power is given in Article III S1 of the constitution. The Judicial Branch establishes that all federal judges are appointed by the President and confirmed by the senate. In addition, each state has their own form of government that falls under the federal government but is separate from it. In opposition to the U.S. form of government, The Islamic Republic of Iran (domestic and foreign) is completely controlled by the cleric or the Supreme Leader. He is commander in chief of Armed Forces and appoints and dismisses judiciary, state controlled media, and revolutionary guard. He appoints 6 of 12 members of council of Guardians which is the body that oversees parliament. They decide who can run for which government office. The Supreme Leader has around 2000 clerical field operatives sprinkled throughout government to intervene on his Behalf. The Supreme Leader and his clerics review Islamic writings and make the country’s laws strictly upon that one religious view. No other opinion on how laws or on the

According to Irian’s constitution the supreme leader is responsible for the delineation and supervisor of ‘the general policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran’. Unlike the US president who takes the power of legislation and is the executive leader, in Irian it isn’t the present who has the power to make the important decisions. It is the supreme leader with the wide range of authority. The Supreme leader is seen to have the ultimate power the determine the interest of Islam and mediate between executive, legislation and judiciary. The Iranian government is to ensure that there is no single leader powerful enough on his own to pose a serious threat to the Supreme Leader’s control of the regime, and that the only groups of leaders who could do so serve exclusively at the Supreme Leader’s pleasure or are controlled by other groups the Supreme Leader selects. Whereas in America all this is down to the

The supreme leader is the highest authority of the state and sets overall policies of the state and appoint some key figure of the government. The supreme leader is elected by the Assembly of experts which is every ten years.

In the spring of 2017, Iranian voters found themselves in a position of fear and excitement—fear for the future of Iran’s economy and domestic and international affairs, and excitement about the positive direction in which new leadership may take the country. This presidential election was a regularly scheduled election, featuring all the traditional processes of Iranian presidential elections. During this time, Iran was at a critical point domestically and internationally, with the fate of the Iranian economy and the nuclear deal of 2015 on the line. Despite the improvements there have been in Iran’s economic performance and foreign relations since Rouhani took office in 2013, much improvement in these domains remained desired by Iranian

The Islamic Republic of Iran joined the Process at the second ministerial conference in Kabul, June 2012. Iran leads the Education CBM and has expressed its willingness to participate in implementation of all other CBM.