Episode 5: The Supervision of the Guardian Council

Equality, Season 1: Human Rights and the Guardian Council

A new podcast from Arseh Sevom. Season 1 examines the Guardian Council’s role in denying human rights.

Episode 5: The Supervision of the Guardian Council

“Four or five old men are making decisions for all of Iran?…”

Episode 5 of Arseh Sevom’s podcast Equality (Barabari) looks at the supervisory role of the Guardian Council as outlined in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s constitution:

Article 99: The Guardian Council is responsible for supervising the elections of the Leadership Council of Experts, the President of the Republic, the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and referrals to the public vote and referenda.

Voices

Mohammad Taghi Karroubi (son of Mehdi Karroubi) speaks about candidate disqualifications and electoral controversies

Lawyer and human rights activist Hossein Ahmadi Niaz discusses the past 40 years of the Guardian Council and its use and abuse of its supervision of the election process.

 

Sources:

۱- وب سایت علی خامنه‌ای رهبر ایران

http://www.mostazafin.tv/article/6275

۲- تلویزیون اینترنتی مستضعفین

http://www.mostazafin.tv/article/6275

۳- پرونده شورای نگهبان در عرصه سوم

https://www.arsehsevom.org/guardian-council/

۴- پژوهشکده شورای نگهبان

http://www.shora-rc.ir/Portal/Home/

۵- اجلاس هجدهم مجلس خبرگان رهبری

https://www.magiran.com/article/3220387

۶- دیدار علی خامنه ای با اقشار مختلف مردم

https://farsi.khamenei.ir/audio-content?id=30712

۷- خاطرات اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی

https://rafsanjani.ir

۸-رادیو زمانه

https://www.radiozamaneh.com/360718