Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Notes from Tuesday, March 30, 2009
-Subsidies willhave to stop and taxes will begin
-Oct 2008, 3% of sales tax was protested by closing the bazaars
  • Socialization/Political Culture

-socialization is fragmented

-Shah Western influence went to upper and middle classes and liberal/technocratic values (modernize)

-Secular minded technocrats demanded liberalization of education, legal modernization, relaxation of media restriction

-Technocrats/industrial porfessionals pushed against clergies

-Reformers (modernize)/Conservatives (Church led gov)

-Shi'ites launch cultural revolution

-education teaches values of islamic state on students

-Internal conservation regarding merit of alternate poitical systems, completel secular state or religious run

at this point, Mr. G got angry with the class for not paying attention to his notes. kaitlyn took over from here...

  • Political Agenda

-shut down private media, arrested people, gave free access to media

  • Political Parties

-Islamic Republican Party (1979-1987)

-Parties legalized in 1998

-Resemo

-Islamic Iran Praticipation front-largest reform party (1997)

-servants of Construction Party-Tecnhocrats

-The Reformists-Assembly of the combatant clerics

-Assembly of the Followers-Imans line

-Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution organization

-Islamic society of engineers-conservative

-Combatant clergy organization

-Society for militant clergy

-Militant opposition severely handled

  • Elections

-competitive, voters choose form set picket from Guardian Council

  • Constitution

-After Rev. Sharia restored with modern conditions (1979)

-Islamic Law was state law (1979)

-President-from shi'ite sect/well known in politics

-disenfranchises many minorities

-Relgious minorities have 5 seats in parliament

  • Executive Branch

-President elected on universal suffrage on votes cast in a run-off system

-4 year term of office, 2 term limit

-president chooses cabinet, presents legislations, and upholds constitution and coordinates gov't decisions

-Irianian president is weaker than Russia or Nigeria

Supreme Leader-Most powerful political figure-(Islam) has authority to dismiss or overrule president, appoints head of judiciary and 1/2 of Guardian Council, and appoints highest military - all in the name of upholding the Islamic state

Supreme leader appointed by 'Assembly of Experts' and serves for life

1989- qualification for supreme leader changed from the higest shi'ite cleric to established member of clergy (most charismatic)

Council of Guardians-12 member council who has veto power, along with Supreme leader, over anything against Islam

-kinda like the higest house of British parliament

another power of the Guardian Council- who can run in local, presidential, and religious elections

-COuncil is made up of 6 clerical mebers picked byt he supremem leader and 6 lawyers who are reccommended by judiciary and are subject to approval of parliament and serves 6 year term

-6 lawyers vote mainily on question of constiutionality and consider 'Islamic-ness'

-Assembly of Religious Experts- 86 males who choose the supreme leader and watch his performance

-Popularly elected, but ismostly clerics because they have to pass test on religious knowledge

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