Appointed by, and reporting to, the Supreme Leader, Iran’s chief justice heads the country’s judiciary, whose courts and judges ensure the enforcement of Islamic laws (and define legal policy). The chief justice – currently a hardline cleric, Ebrahim Raisi – also nominates the six lay members of the Guardian Council.
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Thu Jun 17 , 2021
All but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani are regarded as hardliners. Source link
