Public Law Researsh

A Legal-Historical Reflection on the Second Revision in the Persian Constitution of 1906 in 1949

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Omid Shirzad 1
Ali Akbar Jafari nadoushan 2

1 Assistant Professor of Public Law, Department of Law, Political Sciences and History, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Private Law, Department of Law, Political Sciences and History, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjpl.2026.87463.3139
Abstract
Despite the absence an identified mechanism for revision in the Persian Constitution of 1906, due to fears of Qajar court interference and manipulation, the internal, regional and international events of the post-Constitutionalism era, gradually paved the way for the first revision in the Persian Constitution of 1906. Accordingly, the majority of the Fifth Session of National Consultative Assembly in 1925 through the adoption of a single-article bill, officially declared the transfer of power from Qajar to Pahlavi and tasked the constituent assembly for first revision in the constitution to establish the Pahlavi dynasty .Furthermore in accordance with historical contexts and eight years after that young Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) ascended to the throne, this document has been revised in 1949.the authors' approach is that the 1949 Constituent Assembly’s resolution in some phases of the constitution revision have acknowledged national sovereignty and citizenship rights, particularly right to self-determination and in some phases, disregarded them.Regarding the second resolution, the authors argue that the Constituent Assembly adopted a dual approach in granting the authority to dissolve parliament to Shah.Thus, the amendment of Article 48 cannot necessarily be regarded as an anti-constitutional measure or against citizenship rights.

Keywords

The Persian Constitution of 1906
Parliamentary Regime
Right to Dissolve Parliament
Pahlavi period
Constituent Assembly
Subjects
Public Law Researsh

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