The Legal Foundations of the Political Participation in the Fundamental Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The political participation has an important place in modern systems. The main themes of the democratic governments are the democracy and the sovereignty of the people in determination of their political destiny. Likewise, these two themes have discussed in the Islamic Republic of Iran's fundamental rights. In other words, the republicanism as well as the Islamic teachings are the main themes of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main question of this research is that, "Do the democracy and the sovereignty of the people in determination of their political destiny desired by the Islamic Republic of Iran have valid juridical foundations or it has just emerged from today's common political policies? If yes, what are the juridical foundations that justify the sovereignty of people alongside the sovereignty of God over the human being and the universe? Using the documentary method this research discusses the main juridical foundations of this issue. Although, several researches have been done on this issue, this research studies the issue more specifically.