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| | Guardian Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Guardian Council of the Constitution (شورای نگهبان قانون اساسی in Persian) is a high office within the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran which has the authority to interpret the constitution and to determine if the laws passed by the parliament are in line with the constitution of Iran. | | | Six members of the Council are clerics selected by the Supreme Leader, who serves as Iran's Head of State. | | | If the Majlis and the Council of Guardians couldn't decide on a case, it is passed up to the Expediency Council for a final decision. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Guardians
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| | Guardian Council / Council of Guardians |
| | The Guardian Council comprises a dozen members, that is, six jurisprudent members who have attained the Islamic rank of "Ayatollah" who are appointed by the Supreme Leader, and six lay jurists, who are appointed by the head of the judiciary from among candidates nominated by the Supreme Judicial Council and approved by the Majles. | | | The Guardian Council, comprising of six jurists appointed by the supreme leader and six lawyers, oversees laws which are passed by the parliament to confirm their conformity with the Islamic teachings and the national constitution. | | | The jurist members of the Guardian Council are nominated by the Judiciary and approved by the Parliament. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/guardian.htm
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| | frontline: terror and tehran: inside iran: the structure of power in iran PBS |
| | Twelve jurists comprise the Council of Guardians, six of whom are appointed by the Supreme Leader. | | | The Council of Guardians is vested with the authority to interpret the constitution and determines if the laws passed by Parliament are in line with sharia (Islamic law). | | | He also appoints six of the twelve members of the Council of Guardians, the powerful body that oversees the activities of Parliament and determines which candidates are qualified to run for public office. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/inside/govt.html
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| | Iranica.com - GUARDIAN COUNCIL |
| | Applicants can be the Head of Parliament, the Supreme Court of Justice, the Cabinet, or the President. | | | The Guardian Council's right of opposition is not restricted to the bills approved by the Majles, but also applies to statutes approved by boards of organizations and societies belonging to, or affiliated with, the state (art. | | | The Guardian Council also exercises its right of opposition to statutory instruments approved by the cabinet and other executive organs, decrees of the Cabinet, treaties and statutes, by referring to Article 4 of the Constitution. |
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http://www.iranica.com/articles/v11f4/v11f4010.html
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| | Iran - The Council of Guardians |
| | If the Council of Guardians decides that a law conforms with Islam, that law is ratified. | | | In May 1982, however, the Council of Guardians established its independent role by vetoing a law to nationalize all foreign trade. | | | The other six must be Muslim lawyers who are first selected by the High Council of Justice, then approved by a majority vote of the Majlis. |
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http://countrystudies.us/iran/86.htm
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| | Expediency Discernment Council |
| | As long as the Leader is not declared, a council composed of the President, Head of the Judiciary and one of the Faqihs (jurisconsults) of the Council of Guardians chosen by the Majma-e- Tashkhis-e- Maslahate-e- Nezam shall collectively discharge the functions of the Leader on a temporary basis. | | | It is composed of heads of the three branches of government, the clerical members of the Council of Guardians, and members appointed by the national religious leader for three-year terms. | | | Selection of a faqih (clerical Islamic jurist) member of the Council of Guardians of the Constitution as a member of the Leadership Council, in accordance with Article 111 of the Constitution. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/edc.htm
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| | Iran: Guardians Council Seen As Having Free Hand To Quash Reforms |
| | The Guardians Council oversees presidential and parliamentary elections, as well as elections for the Assembly of Experts, a constitutional body that chooses the supreme leader, the country's highest authority. | | | Under Iran's Constitution, the Guardians Council is also assigned the role of checking the compatibility of legislation passed by parliament with Islamic laws and the constitution. | | | She say Iranian laws give the conservative oversight body a free hand: "The Guardians Council's hands are not tied at all, according to the election law passed in 1999. |
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http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jan/1151.html
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| | Iran: Veto on Torture Bill Condemned (Human Rights Watch, 12-6-2002) |
| | On Sunday June 9, the bill was rejected by the Council of Guardians, a body of twelve senior clerics appointed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamene&, whose role is to ensure that all laws passed by the Majles are compatible, in their view, with Islam. | | | The Council argued that the bill would limit the authority of judges to adjudicate on the admissibility of confessions and therefore ruled that the bill was against the principles of Islam. | | | The Council's ruling disregards clear prohibitions in Iranian and international law on the use of torture to extract confessions. |
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http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/06/iran0612.htm
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| | The Global Guardians Encyclopedia: A - B |
| | The Outer Council is composed of elected representatives from the provinces and the domed city. | | | However, the King has the power to strike down any law approved by both Councils before it goes into effect. | | | There is a King, who is able to write laws and make a variety of vital decisions. |
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http://www.globalguardians.com/encyclopedia/encyclopediaab.php?pg=1
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| | Asia Times Online |
| | Ismaili: The six jurist members of the Council of Guardians are nominated by the head of the judiciary and approved by the parliament. | | | The Council of Guardians could rule that the new press law is against Islamic law. | | | The head of the judiciary acts in consultation with the Supreme Court, which proposes the candidates. |
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http://www.atimes.com/front/DE30Aa03.html
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| | THE decision of Iran's supervisory Council of Guardians to bar 4,000 candidates, including 82 serving members of Parliament, identified with the reformist political group headed by President Muhammed Khatami from contesting the coming general elections has triggered yet another political crisis in the country. | | | The Council, an unelected supervisory body comprising six Islamic legal experts and six civil lawyers, has been an ally of the conservative clerical establishment that is engaged in a power struggle with the reformist bloc headed by Khatami. | | | Until the Council came up with its latest decision, public interest in the general elections was said to be lukewarm. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20040213000606300.htm&date=fl2103/&prd=fline&
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| | KHATAMI’S BILL REJECTED BY COUNCIL OF GUARDIANS |
| | TEHRAN 9 May (IPS) As expected, the Council of the Guardians (CG) rejected a bill presented by the government last September aimed at enhancing the powers of the Iranian president, including that of giving his the right of supervising the application of the Constitution. | | | The 12-members, leader appointed, conservatives-controlled Council, which has the duty to approve all laws passed by the parliament to verify their strict compliance with the Islamic Sharia law as well as vetting all candidates for all elections, on Friday concluded that the bill was in contradiction with | | | In Tehran, where only ten per cent of the voters went to the polls, all the 15 seats of the council were occupied by candidates close to the conservatives, resulting in the election of a conservative Mayor for the Capital. |
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http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/May-2003/reform_bills_rejected_9503.htm
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| | THE IRANIAN: Majlis elections, Samira Mohyeddin |
| | The Council of Guardians has recently barred thousands of potential candidates, including more than eighty sitting members of the Majlis from participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on February 20th. | | | In effect, the council also has the power to vet all candidates in elections to parliament and the presidency. | | | It consists of six theologians appointed by the Supreme Leader and six jurists nominated by the judiciary and approved by parliament. |
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http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2004/January/Trouble
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| | TCS: Tech Central Station - Reforming Iran From the Top |
| | Under the rules of the Iranian constitution, the hardline Council of Guardians is given the right to vet presidential candidates and to decide whether or not they will be allowed to stand for election. | | | The Council of Guardians is similarly able to limit the number of reformists that may be elected to the | | | Even assuming that a reformist is able to capture the Presidency -- as Mohammad Khatami, the outgoing Iranian president did in 1997 -- the Council of Guardians is able to continue to hamper reforms. |
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http://www.techcentralstation.com/062405E.html
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| | Guardian Council: voiding of Tehran votes unlikely |
| | The governor general of Tehran province also requested the guardians' council to agree on the formation of a joint team of experts from the office of the governor general of Tehran province and of the guardians' council to scrutinize ballots for Tehran province before deciding to issue a final judgment either way. | | | In the aftermath of the council's announcement, the state election headquarters in a statement expressed hope that the guardian council will make the necessary decision in its Wednesday session in order to put an end to people's concern about the election. | | | Tehran, May 8, IRNA -- A jurisprudent member of the council of guardians Monday ruled out the possibility of annulment of parliamentary election result for Tehran. |
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http://www.payvand.com/news/00/may/1043.html
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| | criticist’s Blog |
| | Although not elected directly, members of the Iranian Cabinet — also known as the Council of Ministers — are selected and supervised by the president and are also subject to confirmation by the parliament. | | | The president heads the Supreme National Security Council, which includes the speaker of parliament, head of judiciary, chief of the combined general staff of the armed forces, key cabinet ministers and commanders of the regular military and Revolutionary Guard. | | | Supervisory bodies — including the Expediency Council, Council of Guardians and the Assembly of Experts &; also carry broad responsibilities to monitor the government and ensure the legislation follows both the constitution and Islamic law. |
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http://criticist.wordpress.com
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| | The Iranian: News & Views |
| | Now, local committees appointed by the Council of Guardians are to be the sole keepers of the ballot boxes, both before and after the voting. | | | For instance, one clause in the law requires all candidates to have resigned from their current posts months ahead of the vote. | | | The new law gives the Council of Guardians -- six conservative clerics and six jurists -- vast powers to micro-manage the election. |
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http://www.iranian.com/News/1999/October/elections.html
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| | Iran |
| | The powers of the Council of Guardians to veto the participation of candidates in the election on the basis of loosely defined, uncontestable criteria constitutes a clear violation of the rights of political participation upheld in the Covenant. | | | Thus the council is in effect basing its decisions to exclude candidates on its own unwritten law, a further self-extension of its constitutional powers. | | | Ayatollah Khamene'i has stated that "the Council of Guardians is an untouchable institution and no criticism of it will be tolerated." His instructions to the council to "use the law as your guideline" were inconsistent with his observation that "the Constitution is secondary to Islam and religion."16 |
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http://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/Iran.htm
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| | Whiskey Bar: Slouching Towards the Islamic Republic II |
| | Under the Iranian system, half the members of the council are appointed by the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, while other half are nominated by the head of the Iranian judiciary (who is also appointed by the Supreme Leader) and confirmed by the Majlis. | | | Since the Expendiency Council is even more directly controlled by the Supreme Leader, it became an even stronger bulwark of clerical dominance over the Majlis, while the Council of Guardians continued to harrass the reformers by blocking as many of their candidates from running as it thought it could get away with. | | | An even more sensitive issue: In the absence of a Supreme Leader in Iraq wielding both ultimate clerical and secular authority, who would resolve disputes between the council and the elected Iraqi parliament? |
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http://billmon.org/archives/002091.html
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| | List will be revised, says Iranian leader -DAWN - Top Stories; 17 January, 2004 |
| | The Guardians Council is obliged to act according to the comments of the Supreme Leader." | | | On Wednesday Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei intervened, ordering the 12 members of the Guardians Council to review their blacklist and be less stringent, notably in the case of those currently in parliament. | | | The reformist-run interior ministry, which is charged with running elections, is trying to introduce computerised vote counting, but Tehran's governor, Ali Owsat Hashemi, said this had been rejected by the Guardians Council. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2004/01/17/top19.htm
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| | Social Research: Civil Society and the Rule of Law in the Constitutional Politics of Iran Under Khatami - Iranian ... |
| | These councils (shura-ha) were envisioned in the Constitution of 1979 but elected only under Khatami in February 1999. | | | In the course of the year, the councils elected some 718 mayors and are slowly defining their functions in relation to central government. | | | With the Participation Front in control of the new (Sixth) Majles, assaults on the Special Court for Clerics, the supervisory vetoes of the Council of Guardians, can be expected. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2267/is_2_67/ai_63787333/pg_4
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| | Iranian MPs ditch attempt ... - Jan. 28, 2004 |
| | The Majlis, controlled by reformists since 2000, had on Sunday voted amendments aimed at making it easier for candidates to stand, and preventing the Guardians Council from disqualifying sitting MPs unless they had been convicted of a criminal offense. | | | TEHRAN — Deputies in Iran's reformist-controlled parliament voted Tuesday to abandon their attempt to reform the country's electoral law, after powerful hardliners vetoed legislation aimed at reversing mass candidate disqualifications ahead of next month's elections. | | | Those barred included some 80 sitting members of the Majlis and prominent leaders of the reform movement. |
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http://www.inq7.net/wnw/2004/jan/28/text/wnw_5-1-p.htm
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| | Why a referendum? Mehrangiz Kar - openDemocracy |
| | The Council of Guardians, consisting of religious leaders appointed by the supreme leader, has veto power over all the legislation it approves. | | | The council can veto any democratic law passed by the majlis as a violation of sharia law. | | | The Assembly of Experts indirectly elects the supreme leader, but its members in turn must have their candidacy to this body approved by the Council of Guardians. |
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http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-3-128-2456.jsp
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| | The Speaker of the outgoing Parliament, Mehdi Karrubi, openly criticised the supervisory role of the Council of Guardians in elections and called for changes in the country's election law. | | | The Minister of the Interior asked for the elections to be postponed but the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who can override all other authorities of the country, ruled that the elections should be held as scheduled. | | | Some 80 sitting MPs, including some of the country's best known politicians, were among the candidates barred by the Council of Guardians. |
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http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2149_E.htm
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| | Revolt or revolution? - The Washington Times: Commentary |
| | Six vice presidents and 24 ministers resigned to signal opposition to the Guardian Council. | | | Ayatollah Khamenei and the Council have worked hand in glove to block political, free speech and judicial reforms enacted by the Majlis. | | | Article 94, for instance, stipulates that, "All legislation passed by the [Majlis] must be sent to the Guardian Council... |
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http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040127-084856-1970r.htm
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| | IRAN |
| | Article 99 of the constitution establishes the council's supervisory role over elections. | | | 5 Thus, while the constitution provides for the president to be directly elected by the people, the Council of Guardians determines who are the eligible candidates. | | | Last year, for example, the council annulled the parliamentary election results in numerous districts without providing any reasons for its actions. |
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http://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/iran2/Iran-03.htm
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| | MAJLES APPROVAL OF KHATAMI'S BILLS OPEN THE WAY FOR NEW CLASHES |
| | The approval, on Wednesday, of the bills, that, besides taking from the Guardians their controversial Special Rights, or “approbatory supervision“, that reformists claims is “illegal”, while giving the president the power to supervise the application of the Constitution came after the reformists were crushed in the last national elections for city and rural councils. | | | Ali Shakkoori Rad, a member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF) that has the largest number of seats in the Majles and is the official mouthpiece of President Khatami was quoted by the American news agency Associated Press that in case the Guardians reject the bills, reformists lawmakers would call for a national referendum. | | | Reformists personalities associated with the lamed President have advised him to either resign or to put the twin bills to a referendum should the Guardians reject them. |
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http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Mar-2003/reform_bills_7303.html
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| | The Hindu : Term begins on a note of defeat |
| | As per the directive issued after their Monday night meeting, the Expediency Council had ordered that if no one was elected by an absolute majority a second round of voting would be held. | | | The Expediency Council ordered Parliament to vote on the four nominees who figured in the conservative-dominated judiciary's list. | | | Any two candidates who got the largest number of votes in this round, irrespective of whether this number came anywhere close to half the strength of the House, would be deemed elected. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/09/stories/0309000d.htm
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| | Time for Reform? |
| | Iran is to hold parliament elections on February 20th, but the Guardian Council, an unelected clerical body that oversees the political system, blacklisted about 3,600 pro-reform candidates, including more than 80 liberal lawmakers up for reelection, four of Iran's six vice presidents, and six ministers. | | | On Tuesday, Mohammad Khatami, the longsuffering Iranian president, threatened to resign in protest over hard-liners' attempts to influence upcoming elections; the next day Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered hard-liners to back down, at least in part. | | | Critics also warn of how global opinion will view the election tampering. |
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http://www.mojones.com/news/dailymojo/2004/01/01_564.html
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| | Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices - 2004 :: www.rojname.com |
| | The executive branch was headed by President Mohammad Khatami, who won a second 4-year term in June 2001, with 77 percent of the popular vote in a multiparty election. | | | The legislative branch featured a popularly elected 290-seat Islamic Consultative Assembly, Majlis, which develops and passes legislation, and an unelected 12-member Council of Guardians, which reviews all legislation passed by the Majlis for adherence to Islamic and constitutional principles and also has the duty of screening Majlis candidates for eligibility. | | | The Constitution provides that the judiciary is an independent power; however, the judicial branch is widely perceived as both corrupt and heavily biased towards conservative elements within the society and against reformist forces. |
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http://www.rojname.com/index.kurd?nuce=38145
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| | Middle East Online |
| | The elections were plunged into crisis when the unelected but powerful Guardians Council - a right-wing bastion that screens all laws and candidates for public office - blacklisted 3,605 of 8,157 prospective candidates. | | | Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mussavi-Alari on Thursday asked for the elections to be delayed, in a letter to the Guardians Council which has banned thousands of mainly pro-reform candidates from standing in the February 20 elections. | | | Those barred by the Guardians Council included some 80 sitting MPs and prominent leaders of the reform movement. |
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http://www.middle-east-online.com/English?id=8714
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| | TEHRAN -- Iran's Council of Guardians, a hardline-controlled body that screens all legislation, said on Friday that it was opposed to allowing abortions of children that would be born mentally or physically handicapped. | | | Elham said that the legislation would be subject to further inspection and that the final decision had not yet been made by the Council of Guardians, which screens all laws to see if they are in line with Islamic law and Iran's constitution. | | | According to local press reports at least 80,000 illegal abortions are carried out in Iran each year but some believe that the actual figure could be far higher. |
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http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050502-071309-3582r
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| | IranReporter - Story Page |
| | The Expediency Council has previously approved of laws allowing private banking and the establishment of free trade zones after their rejection by the Guardians. | | | The 12-member Council of Guardians has the authority to vet legislation for its adherence to the constitution and Islamic criteria. | | | In a statement carried by Iranian newspapers on Thursday, the Guardians said the proposed law contravened 12 articles of the constitution. |
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http://www.iranreporter.com/story.asp?id=152
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| | Green Party of Iran - News |
| | He accused the reformist politicians of trying to stoke up tension ahead of the February 18 elections and singled out the interior ministry, "where some officials recently said they had problems with the Council of Guardians." "Such statements only worsen the political climate in the country," Ozadi said. | | | TEHRAN, Iran, January 6, 2000 (AFP) - Iran's Council of Guardians, which vets election candidates, condemned Thursday an attack on it by reformist politicians who fear it will use its powers to bar moderates from the February polls. | | | The Council of Guardians comprises six clerics appointed by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and six legal experts named by parliament, which is dominated by the conservatives. |
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http://www.iran-e-sabz.org/news/election3.html
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| | The Council of Guardians assumed oversight of the Majles and presidential elections in 1984, while Ayatollah Khomeini held power over the executive and judicial branches of the Iranian government. | | | Also, the Council of Guardians acted as the oversight committee for the general election for the first time. | | | The assumption of election control by the Council of Guardians allowed for the elimination of liberal candidates prior to the election. |
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http://www.wm.edu/so/monitor/fall2000/paper5.htm
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| | GN Online: Iran council willing to reverse 'mistakes' |
| | The Guardians Council's move to bar nearly half of 8,200 hopefuls from standing in the February 20 vote has prompted dozens of top government officials to threaten to resign. | | | Many of those barred from standing were accused by the council of lacking loyalty to Iran's constitution and the system of clerical rule adopted after the 1979 Islamic revolution. | | | Reformist parties have said they may boycott the election. |
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| | CILT - Course Info |
| | The Iranian constitution and the constitutional struggles of the Majlis and the Council of Guardians. | | | Tues., April 22: Incorporation by the Supreme Constitutional Court of Islamic legal principles and rules into constitution and laws. | | | Said Amir Arjomand, “Authority in Shiism and Constitutional Developments in the Islamic Republic of |
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http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/vogel/courses/islamic/courses
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| | Endgame? |
| | The Iranian Interior Minister has called for a postponing of the February elections, on the grounds that they should not proceed if they can’t be "free, fair, and competitive." The Council of Guardians has thus rejected this call. | | | President Khatami, the early focus of reformist hopes, was first voted into office in 1997 and reelected in 2001. | | | Since then, he and the majority reformist parliament have tried to pass progressive laws, but have been repeatedly rebuffed by the Council of Guardians. |
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http://www.motherjones.com/news/dailymojo/2004/02/02_501.html
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| | RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY |
| | Iran's Interior Ministry is calling on the powerful Guardians Council to postpone the country's 20 February parliamentary elections. | | | The disqualification has spurred a parliamentary sit-in now in its third week, with many deputies threatening to resign and boycott the elections to the 290-seat parliament if the hard-line oversight body refuses to reverse its ruling. | | | The Guardians Council has already reinstated more than 900 of the would-be candidates, heeding the call of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |
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http://www.rferl.org/features/features_article.aspx?id=C00D5101-EBF1-46EA-B1B6-17083F5AD02A&m=1&y=2004
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| | >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Electoral defeat announced for reformists |
| | The Council of Guardians is an 11-member body, half religious leaders and half judges. | | | 01/26/2004 iran - Guardians Council votes down electoral reform law | | | The decision was made by the constitution’s Council of Guardians, which removed 2500 names of reformist candidates from electoral lists. |
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http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=371
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| | The Daily Grind Network |
| | Reformers in parliament and the executive are privately furious that Hollingworth be spared the consequences stemming from his failure, while a senior cleric in Queensland, to act on reports of child abuse in Anglican schools. | | | In a blow to the nation's fledgling democracy, Australia's Council of Guardians today voted to shield supreme leader Rev. Dr. | | | The Council of Guardians, which is itself comprised of clerics, has on numerous occasions stymied efforts at reform, especially those aimed at circumscribing their own broad powers. |
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http://www.thedailygrind.net/work/news/content.php?id=329_0_8_0
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| | GN Online: Amir Taheri: Iran's Islamic republic faces moment of truth |
| | • The Guardians Council is acting in strict accordance with its constitutional powers and duties. | | | On Sunday, 116 members of the outgoing parliament resigned in protest. | | | Briefly, the conflict started when the Council of Guardians of the Constitution rejected the candidacy of some 3,000 individuals, including some incumbent members of the Majlis (parliament) on the grounds that they were not sufficiently "Islamic". |
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http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/Opinion.asp?ArticleID=109817
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| | Guardians Council Reinstates 861 Iranian Candidates |
| | The parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held on Feb. 20, although state governors yesterday called for a postponement. | | | “This is not the end, it’s still too early,” said Hossein Rassam, who predicted the council would re-admit 1,500 to 2,000 barred candidates after the second round of appeals. | | | The unelected Guardians Council — a right-wing bastion which screens all laws and candidates for public office — had blacklisted 3,605 of 8,157 prospective candidates who registered to contest the polls. |
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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=38828&d=30&m=1&y=2004&pix=world.jpg&category=World
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| | The Council of Guardians, composed of six ayatollah appointed by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and six jurists named by the judiciary chief, examines parliamentary legislation to ensure it conforms with the constitution and Islamic precepts. | | | "If there is council or councils which focus on important questions and issue a fatwa, that would be a basis for the constitution's Council of Guardians to approve or reject laws passed by parliament," he said at a meeting with clerics late Tuesday in the northeastern city of Mashhad. | | | He did not specify the criteria for selecting members of his proposed fatwa council, nor give a timing for its possible formation. |
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http://www.iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2003&m=09&d=18&a=3
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| | Grand Council of Guardians : LA IMC |
| | The Grand Council of Guardians Inc. consists of African Americans in the field of Law Enforcement, uniform and civilians throughout New York State. | | | THE GRAND COUNCIL OF GUARDIANS & N.O.B.L.E. Manhattan Borough Presidents Candidate Forum | | | Guardians, N.Y.C. Sheriff Guardians, Brother of the Shield, N.Y.C. Probation Guardians, M.T.A. Police Guardians, Yonkers Guardians, Westchester-Rockland Guardians, Nassau County Guardians, Suffolk County Guardians, Bronze Shields, N.B.P.A.. |
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| | Green Party of Iran - News |
| | Pro-reform Interior Minister Abdol-Vahed Mussavi-Lari said Sunday that the government of President Mohammad Khatami was not in favour of the measures. | | | Apart from giving further powers to the council, which also ready decides whether individual election candidates are in line with the constitution and the basic principles of Islam, the law will mean extra work for the organisers of the polls. | | | The measure approved by the conservative-dominated assembly now only needs the assent of the body concerned, the Council of Guardians, which rules on whether legislation conforms with the Islamic constitution. |
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http://www.iran-e-sabz.org/news/election2.html
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| | The Media Line - News Detail |
| | President Khatami, who is now participating in the Davos conference, said on Wednesday that despite rumors he might resign, he intends to complete his term in office serving his people. | | | This is not the first time that such a decision has been made by the Council of Guardians. | | | Eighty reformist members of the current parliament were also included on the council’s list of those who cannot participate in the elections on February 20. |
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http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=4557
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| | WoT Board - To the council and Guardians of ab'dendriel. |
| | The council was made to establish laws and the guards to enforce them. | | | doing this if this is accepted by the council i will leave my position as a council member to command these fighters. | | | my friends and...nonfriends in the council i ask for your support in this, i promise i will not let the city of ab'dendriel down. |
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http://tibia.gamigo.de/forum/showthread.php?t=4795
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