Political Things.CONVENTIONAL LONG FORM NAME: Islamic Republic of Iran
CAPITAL CITIES: Tehran TYPE O' GOVERNMENT: Theocratic Republic DATE O' INDEPENDENCE: 1 April 1979 NAT'L HODLIDAYS: Republic Day, 1 April 1979 CHIEF OF STATE: Ali Hoseini-Khamanei HEAD O' GOV'T: Mahmud Ahmadi Nejad EXECUTIVES BOUGH: The Supreme Leader (Chief of State) is elected for life (by the Assembly of Experts), while the President has four terms in an election. They mostly go about Sharia laws. LEGISLATIVE BOUGH: Members elected with four year terms get to go into a unicameral Consultative Assembly to legislate things. Which probably means make laws. JUDICIAL BOUGH: Supreme Court and the Four Members of High Council oversee the enforcement of laws, establishing judicial laws as well. Not limited to lower courts. SUFFRAGE: Voting available for those over 18 years of age and are for those with traits falling under the "universal" category (which is basically all of them). THEIR AMBASSADOR TO U.S: What ambassador? I know naught about him. What body bag behind me? There's no body bag there, haha, what are you talkin' about...? WHICH IS LOCATED AT: While there is no embassy, there is an Iranian Interests section instead. It's located at Iranian Interests Section, Pakistani Embassy. CONSULATE(S): According to cia.gov, the consulate(s) of Iran are [<-blank]. U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THEM: Nobody, but there's a U.S. Interests section WHICH IS LOCATED AT: Embassy of Switzerland No. 39 Shahid Mousavi (Golestan 5th), Pasdaran Ave., Tehran, Iran U.S. CONSULATE(S): None of those. [None of those available, according to cia.gov.] REPRESENTATIVE TO U.N: Mohammad Javad ZARIF-Khonsari THAT FLAG OF THEIRS SYMBOLIZES: Three bands of the colors green, white, red, and the national emblem in the middle in the shape of a tulip (representing the word Allah and is a symbol of martyrs); there are also Arabic scripts repeated 11 times on the green band and 11 times on the red band. Green symbolizes growth; white, honesty and peace; red, bravery and martyrdom. NAT'L SYMBOLS: LION. |
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