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  • 15 - Conclusions

  • Edited by Hadi Enayat, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations, Aga Khan University, Mirjam Künkler, Institute for Advanced Legal Study
  • Book:
    The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran
    Published online:
    10 April 2025
    Print publication:
    17 April 2025, pp 444-462

  • Summary

    The quality of rule of law has been anything but static in the Islamic Republic: It has varied from area to area of law and across time, with improvements in some years and regressions in others. Established accounts tend to either discount the dramatic erosion of the rule of law in light of the revolution’s other perceived or real achievements (e.g., in terms of education or the Human Development Index [HDI], for example), or paint an entirely bleak picture with gross human rights violations. Discussions seldom differentiate between different areas of law, or acknowledge fluctuations of the rule of law across time. This chapter reviews some of the key areas covered in the volume such as criminal justice, minority rights, property rights, family law, labor rights, freedom of artistic expression and others, mapping progressions and regressions of the rule of law in these spheres and concludes with reflections on prospects for rule-of-law reform.