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Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran / Jomhori-e-Islami-e-Iran

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ottawa) in English
  • International Constitutional Law: Iran Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution plus Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information

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Executive

  • President

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Supreme Court

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Ruznamah-'i Rasmi-i Jumhuri-i Islami
  • PARLIAMENT: Majlis Shura Islami [Islamic Consultative Assembly]
  • NATLEX: Iran (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • Children’s Rights: Iran (Law Library of Congress)
  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Iran (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • Finding the Law: Islamic Law / Sharia (Andrew Grossman, via LLRX) August 11, 2002
  • FindLaw: Iran
  • ForIntLaw: Iran (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Omar Sial via GlobLex) March 2006
  • Islamic Family Law: Iran (Emory University Law School)
  • JURIST: Iran (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Iran (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Middle East: Iran (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  • WWW-VL Islamic Law: Iran (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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General Sources

  • Country Profile: Iran (Library of Congress) March 2006; PDF
  • Country Study: Iran (Library of Congress) December 1987
  • Portals to the World: Iran (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Iran (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Iran (The Economist)
  • Governments on the WWW: Iran (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Iran (Amnesty International)
  • Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Washington
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Iran - information (IFLA)
  • NEWS: BBC World Middle East
  • Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN
  • World Factbook: Iran (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • World Hunger: Iran (World Food Programme)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Iran (Google); Iran (University of Michigan); Iran (Yahoo); Iran Reference (Pars Times); Middle East Studies: Iran (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Iran (University of Texas, Austin)

For more information on Iran see:

  • Children's Rights: Iran

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