Ma`rifat Hoghoughi

The General Policies, subject to Clause 1 of Article 110 of the Constitution, possess a normative and binding nature, and supervision over their proper implementation, as per Clause 2 of Article 110, serves as the guarantee for the execution of these General Policies. Supervision over the proper implementation of the General Policies was delegated by the Supreme Leader to the Expediency Discernment Council in 1998, pursuant to the same Article 110. The primary research question is: what are the limits, scope, and manner of supervision exercised by the Expediency Discernment Council of the System over the proper implementation of the General Policies? This research, employing a formal-legal method and aiming to provide a comprehensive model for supervising the proper implementation of the General Policies, attempts to offer a clear answer to this question. An examination of the supervision over the proper implementation of the General Policies, the regulations for supervision communicated by the Supreme Leader, and the Council's supervisory methods reveals that the limits and scope of the supervision delegated by the Supreme Leader to the Council are not absolute. The method, model, and supervisory mechanism within the Council have undergone an evolutionary process, and one prominent shortcoming in the exercise of supervision over the proper implementation of the General Policies is the lack of a comprehensive supervisory model utilizing existing legal mechanisms.