Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Reference General Sources (includes LC Portals: Iran)

CONSTITUTIONAL LINKS

• Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ottawa) in English
• International Constitutional Law: Iran Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution plus background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• President
• Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran

JUDGES AND JUSTICE

• COURTS: Supreme Court

LEGISLATURE AND ELECTED

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Ruznamah-'i Rasmi-i Jumhuri-i Islami
• PARLIAMENT: Majlis Shura Islami [Islamic Consultative Assembly]
• NATLEX: Iran (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Reference AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Iran (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Finding the Law: Islamic Law / Sharia (Andrew Grossman, via LLRX) August 11, 2002
• FindLaw: Iran
• ForIntLaw: Iran (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Omar Sial) March 2006
• Islamic Family Law: Iran (Emory University Law School)
• JURIST: Iran (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Law Index: Iran (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Iran (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• WWW-VL Islamic Law: Iran (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Profile: Iran () March 2005-6; PDF
• Country Study: Iran () December 1987
• Portals of the World: Iran ()
• Background Notes: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Iran (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Iran (The Economist)
• Governments on the WWW: Iran (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Iran (Amnesty International)
• Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Washington
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Iran (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Iran - information (IFLA)
• NEWS: BBC World Middle East
• Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN
• World Factbook: Iran (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Iran (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Iran (Google); Iran (University of Michigan); Iran (Yahoo); Iran Reference (Pars Times); Middle East Studies: Iran (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Iran (University of Texas, Austin)