Council of Experts

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The Council of Experts is a powerful Iranian clerical body responsible for selecting, overseeing, and potentially dismissing the Supreme Leader.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Council of Experts canonical 1
مجلس خبرگان 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian state body ⓘ
clerical assembly ⓘ
branch part of Iran’s political system ⓘ
canConvene special sessions on leadership issues ⓘ
composition Islamic clerics ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 107 of the Constitution of Iran ⓘ
Article 111 of the Constitution of Iran ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest clerical oversight body over Supreme Leader ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement members must be Islamic jurists ⓘ
members must be approved by the Guardian Council ⓘ
establishedBy 1979 Constitution of Iran ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver leadership succession in Iran ⓘ
hasElections periodic Assembly of Experts elections ⓘ
ideology Islamic Republic ⓘ
influences overall direction of Iranian state policy ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
legalSystemContext Islamic theocratic-republican system of Iran ⓘ
location Tehran ⓘ
meetingFrequency meets at least twice a year ⓘ
membershipType all-male body ⓘ
nativeName Majles-e Khobregan-e Rahbari ⓘ
officialName Assembly of Experts ⓘ
oversightScope political conduct of Supreme Leader ⓘ
religious qualifications of Supreme Leader ⓘ
power appoint Supreme Leader ⓘ
declare Supreme Leader unfit ⓘ
dismiss Supreme Leader ⓘ
monitor Supreme Leader’s performance ⓘ
religiousOrientation Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
reportsTo formally to the Iranian people ⓘ
revisedBy 1989 constitutional amendments ⓘ
role can dismiss the Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
oversees the Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
selects the Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
selectionLevel nationwide electoral districts ⓘ
selectionMethod candidates vetted by Guardian Council ⓘ
members elected by popular vote ⓘ
supervises Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ
typeOfBody deliberative assembly ⓘ
electoral college for Supreme Leader ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Assembly of Experts → alsoKnownAs → Council of Experts ⓘ
مجلس خبرگان رهبری → alsoKnownAs → مجلس خبرگان ⓘ
linked to: Council of Experts