Une introduction comparée au myth de la décentralisation territoriale en Iran

Territorial decentralization as one of the most important techniques for the administration of unitary states and people's participation in local affairs consists of recognizing for local and geographical authorities with legal personality and general competence of decision-making for their elected councils in local affairs. The importance of this principle is to the extent that some Constitutions as the France emphasize on it. This isn’t referred in the Constitution of Iran. Examining the Constitution of Iran with comparison with that of France indicate that although the city and village councils are directly elected by the people, territorial units such as city, departments and province lack legal personality and general competence of decision-making in local affairs. Thus, two components of territorial decentralization are not accepted in the legal system of Iran. Therefore, it seems that the Islamic councils are the manifestation of the principle of Islamic consultation and not of the territorial decentralization as it exists in the administrative law of France. The research method is analytic-comparative.