News ID: 108

Date: 30 June 2021 - 15:21

Iran Constitution: What does Article 4 deal with?

Article Four of the Islamic Republic of Iran Constitution outlines that all civil, penal financial, economic, administrative, cultural, military, political, and other laws and regulations must be based on Islamic criteria.

Article 4:

All civil, penal financial, economic, administrative, cultural, military, political, and other laws and regulations must be based on Islamic criteria. This principle applies absolutely and generally to all articles of the Constitution as well as to all other laws and regulations, and the wise persons (fuqaha') of the Constitutional Council (also known as the Guardian Council) are judges in this matter.