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In Custodia Legis
Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
Find the Law Library on:
Constitution
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (external link) (Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ottawa) in English
- International Constitutional Law: Iran Index (external link) (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
Executive
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme Court
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Ruznamah-'i Rasmi-i Jumhuri-i Islami
- PARLIAMENT: Majlis Shura Islami [Islamic Consultative Assembly] (external link)
- NATLEX: Iran (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children’s Rights: Iran (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Iran (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Iran (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Finding the Law: Islamic Law / Sharia (external link) (Andrew Grossman via LLRX)
- FindLaw: Iran (external link)
- ForIntLaw: Iran (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran (external link) (Omar Sial via GlobLex)
- Islamic Family Law: Iran (external link) (Emory University Law School)
- World Legal Information Institute: Iran (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Middle East: Iran (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
- WWW-VL Islamic Law: Iran (external link) (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies)
General Sources
- Country Profile: Iran (Library of Congress) March 2006; PDF
- Country Study: Iran (Library of Congress) December 1987
- 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 (external link) (The Economist)
- Human Rights in Iran (external link) (Amnesty International)
- Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Washington (external link)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Iran (external link) (Columbia University)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Iran - information (external link) (IFLA)
- NEWS: BBC World Middle East (external link)
- Pars Times: Iran Reference (external link)
- Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN (external link)
- World Factbook: Iran (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: Iran (external link) (World Food Programme)
- Yahoo: Iran (external link)
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Last Updated: 08/09/2012
