Assembly of Experts
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The Assembly of Experts (Persian: مجلس خبرگان رهبری, romanized: majles-e khobregân-e rahbari), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme Leader of Iran.[2][3] All directly elected members must first be vetted by the Guardian Council.
Assembly of Experts | |
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Leadership | |
Ahmad Jannati since 24 May 2016 | |
First Deputy Chairman | Ebrahim Raisi since 21 February 2023 |
Second Deputy Chairman | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri since 21 February 2023 |
Structure | |
Seats | 88 (6 vacant) |
Political groups | Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom People's Experts |
Length of term | 8 years[1] |
Elections | |
Multi-seat districts: Plurality-at-large voting Single-seat districts: First-past-the-post voting[1] | |
Last election | 1 March 2024 |
Meeting place | |
Assembly of Experts building, Tehran, Iran | |
Website | |
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All candidates to the Assembly of Experts must be approved by the Guardian Council whose members are, in turn, appointed either directly or indirectly by the Supreme Leader.[4] The Assembly consists of 88 Mujtahids that are elected[5][6] from lists of thoroughly vetted candidates (in 2016 166 candidates were approved by the Guardians out of 801 who applied to run for the office),[7] by direct public vote for eight-year terms.[8] The number of members has ranged from 82 elected in 1982 to 88 elected in 2016. Current laws require the assembly to meet at least twice every six months.[9][10]