1989 Iranian constitutional referendum
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A constitutional referendum was held in
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been amended. It made several changes to articles 5, 107, 109, 111, and added article 176. It eliminated the need for the Supreme Leader (rahbar) of the country to be a marja or chosen by popular acclaim,[2] it eliminated the post of prime minister, and it created a Supreme National Security Council
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Background
On 24 April 1989 while on his deathbed,
faqih" (i.e. one of these marja) was dropped from the constitution.[3]
Some changes to the constitution introduced by the Reform Council include:
- changing the name of the Majlis-e Melli to the Majlis-e Islami.
- increasing the size of the Assembly of Experts to 86 members
- giving the Assembly of Experts the authority to convene at least once a year and to determine whether the Supreme Leader was ‘mentally and physically capable of carrying out his arduous duties.’
- transforming the Expediency Councilinto a permanent body with members appointed by the Supreme Leader as well as representatives from the three branches of government, the armed forces, the intelligence service, and the Guardian Council.
The amendments were allegedly approved by Iranian voters and became law on 28 July 1989.[4]
Members of the council
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Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
This is a list of members of Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed by
Constitution of Iran
in 1989:
- Abbas Ali Amid-Zanjani
- Ebrahim Amini
- Ahmad Azari Qomi
- Asadollah Bayat
- Mohammad Emami-Kashani
- Hassan Habibi
- Najafgholi Habibi
- Hossein Hashemian
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Ahmad Jannati
- Mehdi Karroubi
- Ali Khamenei (deputy chairman)
- Hadi Khamenei
- Abolghasem Khazali
- Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani
- Ali Meshkini (chairman)
- Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
- Mohammad Daneshzadeh Mo'men
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi
- Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili
- Mohammad Mousavi-Khoiniha
- Abdollah Noori
- Hassan Taheri-Khorramabadi
- Mohammad Reza Tavassoli
- Mohammad Yazdi
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
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| For | 16,025,459 | 97.6 |
| Against | 398,867 | 2.4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 32,445 | – |
| Total | 16,456,771 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen et al.[1] | ||
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
- ^ Moin, Baqer, Khomeini, (2001), p.293
- ^ Abrahamian, History of Modern Iran, (2008), p.182
- ^ Iran - Constitution