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Article: VOA NEWS: GUARDIAN COUNCIL HOLDS GREAT POWER IN IRAN

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July 15, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Gary Thomas

Iran's government has long been a source of fascination and frustration for international political analysts. Figuring out how decisions are made in the theocratic system is a difficult exercise. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports from Tehran on one powerful body in Iran that both makes and breaks decisions.

A modern but modest office building in downtown Tehran houses the Guardian Council. Reclusive and secretive, the power of the 12-member Guardian Council is reckoned by both Western and Iranian analysts to be second only to that of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The Council can overturn legislation by the Majlis, or ...

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