FEASIBILITY STUDY OF CHANGING IRAN'S SOVEREIGNTY FROM PRESIDENTIAL TO PARLIAMENTARY IN THE LIGHT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM BASED ON VELAYAT-E-FAQIH

Political systems in a traditional division are called the presidential system, the parliamentary system and the semi-presidential system (or semi-parliamentary system). Each of these political systems has its own characteristics and functions. At the same time, they suffer from some disadvantages, so that political theorists and public law have emerged as the ones who offer new solutions and models. The current political system that rules Iran, the Islamic Republic, in itself, has certain characteristics that are unique among the political systems in the world. . The most prominent feature of this political system is its basis on the principle of Velayat-e-Faqih as a model of governance and the political theory of Islam. Regardless of all the controversy surrounding this theory, An important issue to consider is whether, assuming that this principle constitutes the essence of the political system of the Islamic Republic and that all aspects of this system are based on this principle, which of the traditional models of political systems is the presidency or Can they be recognized as parliamentary or semi-presidential (semi-parliamentary) in the Islamic Republic?