Suspension of constitutionalism, state of exception; Reza Shah's success in gaining the monarchy

The constitutional movement, which was drafted during the decline of the Qajar dynasty, as an immediate consequence of constitutionalism, is one of the turning points in the contemporary history of Iran. Despite the struggles of the constitutionalists, the output of the first Iranian constitution was to weaken the idea of monarchy and to pave the way for Reza Shah to gain power by creating an exceptional situation. The state of exception is a vacuum, indicating a kind of imbalance between politics and public and leverage rights. Whereby the holder of the monopoly of decision-making can concentrate power in his favor by removing legal obstacles and even the law itself. In such a situation, Reza Shah found the opportunity to gain the power. He had no legitimizing support to justify his monarchy, not only did he not turn his back on the constitution and abrogate it, but also, by stating his allegiance to the law, he sought to create an exceptional situation to cover the way for the suspension and consequent seizure of power. Thus, the question of this article is: Despite the constitution, how did the rise of Sardar Sepah to power from the Ministry of War to the monarchy go smoothly? It is hypothesized that Sardar Sepah, using the created emergency situation, Suspended the constitutionalizing of political. The method used in this research is descriptive-analytical based on historical data and the framework of Agamben's theory of exceptional situation.