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Contemporary Primary Sources :: Constitutions :: 1442 Jumādā II 1442 / 20 January 2021

1979 Constitution of Iran

English translation of the 1979 Constitutional Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Contemporary Primary Sources :: Constitutions :: 1442 Jumādā II 1442 / 20 January 2021

1989 Constitution of Iran

English translation of the 1989 Constitution of Iran (1979 Constitutional Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as amended to 1989).

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