Alcune particolarità della forma di governo della Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran da Khomeini a Rohani

The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a model between democracy and Islamic theocracy. In fact the principles of Sharia, the Islam law, are very important in the Iranian system, but this isn’t a question that can completely exclude the rule of law and constitutionalism. The Iranian state is a unique model in the Islamic word, maybe for the reason that Iran is a Muslim Shia country and not, as many other Middle East and Muslim country a Sunni state, in which there is a partial balance of powers and an independent parliament and a direct-elected President. But the central point of this “constitutional theocratic” model is the role of the Supreme Leader who is the guarantee of the application of Islamic law in the system. The real source of this unique model is the theory of “Velayate faqih” founded by Ayatollah Khomeini, the first Supreme Leader of Iran after the fall of Monarchy in 1979