Iran
Government type
theocratic republic
Head of state
Supreme Leader, Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI, 4 June 1989
Head of government
President, Masoud PEZESHKIAN, 30 July 2024
Legislature
Islamic Parliament of Iran (Majles Shoraye Eslami), Unicameral, 290, Plurality/majority with full renewal, 4 years, 1 March 2024 to 10 May 2024, February 2028, 4.9, All candidates must be approved by the Council of Guardians, a 12-member group of which 6 are appointed by the supreme leader and 6 are jurists nominated by the judiciary and elected by the Majles