Article 99 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Article 99 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the constitutional provision that assigns the Guardian Council its key oversight authority over national elections and referendums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision
adoptedIn 1979
amendedIn 1989
amendmentContext 1989 constitutional revision of the Islamic Republic of Iran
appliesTo elections of the Assembly of Experts
elections of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
elections of the President of the Republic
referendums
assignsAuthorityTo Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Guardian Council
constitutionalChapter chapter on sovereignty and institutions
constitutionalFunction allocation of supervisory authority
constitutionalOrganMentioned Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Guardian Council
constitutionalRank article
country Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Iran
definesRoleOf Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Guardian Council
enforcedBy Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Guardian Council

other competent Iranian electoral authorities
governs oversight of Assembly of Experts elections
oversight of national referendums
oversight of parliamentary elections
oversight of presidential elections
grantsPower supervision over elections
supervision over referendums
hasNumber 99
hierarchicalLevel supreme law provision
inForce true
interpretingBody Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Guardian Council
jurisdiction territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran
keyConcept electoral oversight
supervision
language Persian
legalDomain public law
legalEffect centralizes electoral supervision in the Guardian Council
legalStatus binding
legalSystem Iranian constitutional law
legalTradition Islamic law influenced constitutionalism
originalPromulgation 3 December 1979
partOf Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
primaryBeneficiaryInstitution Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Guardian Council
region Middle East
relatedTo Article 93 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Article 98 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
scopeOfSupervision national elections
national referendums
subject oversight of elections
oversight of referendums

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Guardian Council supervisoryRoleDefinedIn Article 99 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran