Supreme Court of Iran

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The Supreme Court of Iran is the highest judicial authority in the country, responsible for ensuring uniform application of law and overseeing lower courts within Iran’s legal system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appliesLawType Islamic (Sharia-based) law as codified in Iran ⓘ
statutory law of Iran ⓘ
appointmentOfChiefJusticeBy Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
canReview final judgments of lower courts under specified conditions ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest court in the judicial hierarchy of Iran ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
function disciplines judges in certain cases ⓘ
ensures consistency of judicial decisions ⓘ
hears appeals on points of law ⓘ
supervises proper implementation of laws by courts ⓘ
governmentBranch judicial branch of Iran ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver appeals courts of Iran ⓘ
provincial courts of Iran ⓘ
headOfCourtTitle Chief Justice of Iran ⓘ
jurisdiction Iran ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Persian ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
legalSystem Islamic legal system of Iran ⓘ
locationCountry Iran ⓘ
oversees uniform enforcement of civil law in Iran ⓘ
uniform enforcement of criminal law in Iran ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
role court of last resort in Iran ⓘ
ensures uniform application of law ⓘ
highest judicial authority in Iran ⓘ
interprets laws of Iran ⓘ
oversees lower courts ⓘ
reviews decisions of lower courts ⓘ
state Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran

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

Government of Iran → hasJudicialBody → Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
Chief Justice of Iran → hasJurisdictionOver → Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
judicial branch of Iran → mainBody → Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
judicial branch of Iran → hasCourtLevel → Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
Public and Revolutionary Courts → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
General Courts of Iran → appealsUltimatelyTo → Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ
subject linked to: General Courts
Military Courts (Iran) → hasAppealTo → Supreme Court of Iran (in certain cases) ⓘ
subject linked to: Military Courts
linked to: Supreme Court of Iran