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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Iranian Constitution (1906)

Iran [ir]

Marzieh Tofighi Darian

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 07 February 2025

Subject(s):
Constitutional history — Constitutional design — Official religion — Islam — Status of religious law — Constitutions and amendments — Legislature — Monarchy — Bill of rights — Equality

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani

1 The turn of the twentieth-century events in Persia ushered in a period of radical political, social, and cultural changes later known as the ‘Constitutional Revolution’ (Afary (1996) 3; revolution). The Constitutional Revolution was a response to mounting frustrations with the unchecked power of the Qajar kings that had resulted in military defeats, economic capitulations to Western powers, and the overall decline of the country. By 1906, it became clear to the public that the only path forward was the establishment of a national assembly and the creation of a...
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