{"id":580,"date":"2026-07-05T15:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/?p=580"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:58:06","slug":"irans-gover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/2026\/07\/05\/irans-gover\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN&#8217;s GOVERNMENT HOW IT WORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"live-story-post__header\">\n<h1 class=\"live-story-post__headline inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-editable=\"headline\">&#8211; Here&#8217;s who runs Iran \u2014 and how it works &#8211;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"vossi-byline byline\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/byline\/instances\/cmr7tukp1000d3b6rjo5pvpyw@published\" data-component-name=\"byline\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<h2 class=\"vossi-byline__images byline__images\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>FOR STUDY PURPOSE ONLY<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"live-story-post__body\">\n<div id=\"post-content-cmr7tukp0000c3b6r8hly1117\" class=\"live-story-post__content\" data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmr7tukp1000e3b6r05thko1g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><strong>The structure of Iran\u2019s regime was built following the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2019\/02\/11\/middleeast\/iran-islamic-revolution-40-years-intl\/index.html\">Islamic Revolution of 1979<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmr7uoq8900023b6rrv8j7jyy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">This swept away Iran\u2019s monarchy and birthed a state that is part theocracy, part republic, with a handful of semi-democratic institutions swaddled by a system that is ultimately clerical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmr7tv5fh000h3b6rp951ylpk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Here\u2019s a look at how power operates in the country:<\/p>\n<div class=\"list vossi-list\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/list\/instances\/cmr7tvd3x000i3b6rotnmw33f@published\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<ul class=\"list__items list__items--ul vossi-list__items vossi-list__items--ul\" data-editable=\"items\">\n<li class=\"list__item vossi-list__item inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"items.0.text\"><strong>Supreme leader:\u00a0<\/strong>Atop Iran\u2019s power structure is the supreme leader \u2014 a position currently filled by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/05\/world\/live-news\/iran-khamenei-funeral-war-trump?post-id=cmr75bu8400003b6rou0klpjf\">Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a>. The leader is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and has authority over the national police and morality police. He also appoints half of the 12 members of the Guardian Council; Iran\u2019s parliament selects the other half.<br>\n.<\/li>\n<li class=\"list__item vossi-list__item inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"items.1.text\"><strong>Guardian Council:\u00a0<\/strong>This 12-jurist body oversees the activities of Iran\u2019s parliament, determining if laws passed are compatible with sharia and can demand that legislation be revised. The council also approves candidates for parliament, the presidency, and the Assembly of Experts \u2013 meaning it can block certain candidates from running for public office.<br>\n.<\/li>\n<li class=\"list__item vossi-list__item inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"items.2.text\"><strong>Assembly of Experts:<\/strong>\u00a0This body of 88 jurists, directly elected by the public from a list of candidates vetted by the Guardian Council, is tasked with checking the authority of the supreme leader. But it is not clear how the assembly exercises its power: it only meets for one week a year; its meetings are secret; and it is not known to have ever challenged a supreme leader\u2019s decisions.<br>\n.<\/li>\n<li class=\"list__item vossi-list__item inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"items.3.text\"><strong>President:<\/strong>\u00a0The head of the elected government is directly answerable to the supreme leader. Eligible for a maximum of two four-year terms, the president implements policies within the framework set out by the supreme leader and spearheads Iran\u2019s diplomacy.<br>\n.<\/li>\n<li class=\"list__item vossi-list__item inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"items.4.text\"><strong>Parliament:<\/strong>\u00a0With 290 members, also elected to four-year terms, the parliament drafts legislation, ratifies treaties and approves the budget. Its sessions are open to the public and its deliberations are broadcast.<br>\n.<\/li>\n<li class=\"list__item vossi-list__item inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"items.5.text\"><strong>Security services:<\/strong>\u00a0The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is an elite military unit tasked with defending the regime, comprising between 150,000 and 190,000 troops, and has an army, navy, air force and intelligence wing. The Basij \u2013 a volunteer branch of the IRGC \u2013 is responsible for enforcing Islamic morality among the public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>NATIONAL MILITARY STRUCTURES<\/p>\n<h1>IRGS<\/h1>\n<h1>BASIJ<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Here&#8217;s who runs Iran \u2014 and how it works &#8211; FOR STUDY PURPOSE ONLY The structure of Iran\u2019s regime was built following the\u00a0Islamic Revolution of 1979. This swept away&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2,1,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}