Government of Iran

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Islamic republic government central government political system

The Government of Iran is the central political authority of the Islamic Republic, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches under a theocratic-republican system led by the Supreme Leader.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Council of Ministers of Iran 3
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1
Iranian state 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic republic government ⓘ
central government ⓘ
political system ⓘ
advisoryBody Expediency Discernment Council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Iran ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
constitutionalRevolution Iranian Revolution ⓘ
controls Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
dominantDenomination Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
established 1979 ⓘ
establishedAs Islamic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
governmentType theocratic republic ⓘ
unitary state ⓘ
hasBranch executive branch of Iran ⓘ
judicial branch of Iran ⓘ
legislative branch of Iran ⓘ
hasCapital Tehran ⓘ
hasConstitution Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
hasCouncil Government of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of Iran

Supreme National Security Council ⓘ
hasElectionsFor Assembly of Experts ⓘ
Parliament of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly

President of Iran ⓘ
hasElectoralAuthority Ministry of Interior of Iran ⓘ
hasElectoralSupervisor Guardian Council ⓘ
hasJudicialBody Revolutionary Courts of Iran ⓘ
Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
hasLeader Rahbar ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Leader of Iran
hasLeaderTitle Rahbar ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Leader of Iran
hasMinistry Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran ⓘ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran ⓘ
Ministry of Intelligence of Iran ⓘ
Ministry of Interior of Iran ⓘ
Ministry of Petroleum of Iran ⓘ
hasOffice Chief Justice of Iran ⓘ
Presidency of Iran ⓘ
surface form: President of Iran

Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly ⓘ
Vice President of Iran ⓘ
hasOfficialName Government of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
headOfGovernment President of Iran ⓘ
headOfState Rahbar ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Leader of Iran
ideology Islamism ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Velayat-e Faqih
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Consultative Assembly
officialDenomination Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: Twelver Jaʻfari school of Shia Islam
officialReligion Islam ⓘ
precededBy Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Imperial State of Iran
supervisedBy Rahbar ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Leader of Iran
upperAdvisoryBody Guardian Council ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidency of Iran → appoints → Government of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of Iran
Iranian Embassy siege → buildingOwner → Government of Iran ⓘ
Presidency of Iran → chairs → Government of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of Iran
Iran Air → foundedBy → Government of Iran ⓘ
Government of Iran → hasCouncil → Government of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of Iran
Government of Iran → hasOfficialName → Government of Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader → hasPowerOver → Government of Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Leader of Iran
this entity surface form: judiciary of Iran
Tehran → isSeatOf → Government of Iran ⓘ
Iranian Kurdish conflict → mainParties → Government of Iran ⓘ
Saddam Hussein → notableOpponent → Government of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
Sa’dabad Complex → ownedBy → Government of Iran ⓘ
Central Bank of Iran → owner → Government of Iran ⓘ
Mehrabad International Airport → owner → Government of Iran ⓘ
Central Bank of Iran → parentOrganization → Government of Iran ⓘ
Kurds → regionContestedWith → Government of Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian state
Iran Standard Time → usedBy → Government of Iran ⓘ