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What is the role of the Leader in the Islamic Republic?
What is the role of the Leader in the Islamic Republic?
- To grant amnesty to presidential candidates
- To elect the eighty-six member Assembly of Experts
- To mediate between the three branches of government (correct)
- To supervise the implementation of general policy
What is the difference between the grand ayatollahs and the hojjat al-Islams in the Islamic Republic?
What is the difference between the grand ayatollahs and the hojjat al-Islams in the Islamic Republic?
- The grand ayatollahs are elected by the Assembly of Experts
- The hojjat al-Islams are senior clerics
- The hojjat al-Islams have more political power than the grand ayatollahs (correct)
- The grand ayatollahs did not subscribe to Khomeini's notion of jurist's guardianship
What are the powers of the Leader in the Islamic Republic?
What are the powers of the Leader in the Islamic Republic?
- To eliminate the duly elected president
- To declare war and peace
- To appoint and dismiss the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards
- All of the above (correct)
