State Machinery in Iran

Iron Fist

Post revolution institutions of the Islamic republic have been categorized as the Iron fist because of the constitutional superiority they enjoy. The political and constitutional might of the Iron fist of Iran is what it makes it the Iron fist, in that it possesses the constitutional authority to override most of what the velvet glove may seek to accomplish. All Velvet glove institutions are subject to the checks and balance of the Iron fist, but not the other way round. In no instance does any Velvet glove institution have the constitutional authority to ‘check or balance’ any Iron fisted institution, a structural nuance that begs exploration.

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