The spokesman of Iran’s Constitutional Council said the successful launch of the Iranian “Khayyam” satellite into orbit shows that sanctions have failed to stop the country’s space program and achievements.

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has been re-elected as head of the Constitutional Council, following an internal election by the body’s board members.

Iranian lawmakers voted for Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, Kheirollah Parvin and Siamak Rahpeik as three new jurist members of the Constitutional Council, the country’s top supervisory and legislative body.

Iran’s Constitutional Council Research Center has plans underway to hold an international webinar on the country’s legal system via video links.

Hadi Tahan-Nazif, the spokesperson for the Constitutional Council, on Saturday held his monthly news conference in the Iranian capital Tehran.

An American constitutional theorist and scholar described the constitutional law as a practice that can help create “more just communities” around the globe.

The Constitutional Council marked the 42nd anniversary of its establishment in an announcement on Sunday.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei extended the tenure of three clerics in the Constitutional Council on Saturday.

Secretary of the Constitutional Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati issued a message of condolence over the recent passing of Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, the secretary-general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Members of the Constitutional Council's board of jurists and Islamic jurists attended the regular weekly meeting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 22.