A Study of the Overlapping of Acts of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution with Those of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Executive Branch and Expediency Council

Abstract

Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution is one of the legal institutions in Iran that is capable to enact on issues related to culture by the mandate of supreme leader. This authority gives rise to overlapping of the acts of this institution with those of other institutions. Relying on the constitution and legal rules, the present article studies the overlapping and conflict of the acts of the Islamic consultative assembly, executive branch, and the expediency council with those of the supreme council of cultural revolution. Considering the fact that this council has the right of policy making in cultural affairs, the article concludes that the acts of the supreme council of cultural revolution- if observing its scope of authority- are superior to other three bodies. Therefore, Majlis, executive branch and the expediency council do not have the right of enacting anything in conflict with the legal acts of the supreme council of cultural revolution. However, those acts of the supreme council approved base on paragraph 8 of article 110 are an exception to the rule.

Keywords

• supreme council of cultural revolution
• islamic consultative assembly
• expediency council
• executive branch
• absolute jurisprudent guardianship
• constitution
• policy making