What type of government does Iran have?
Iran combines an elected president and legislature with a Supreme Leader and clerical oversight bodies holding final authority to approve candidates and overturn legislation on religious grounds, a structure commonly classified as a theocratic republic.
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Sources
- 1.Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Iran.
- 2.Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979, as amended.
- 3.Encyclopaedia Britannica. Iran Government and Society.