Talk:Supreme Leader of Iran

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Contents 1 Head of state vs. head of govt. 2 Supreme Jurisprudent? 3 Capitalization of "Leader" 4 editprotected 5 'Plain' English?? 6 changed the pictures 7 Closed loop 8 There is no such thing as "Supreme" leader in Iran's constitution 9 Death of Ali Khamenei 10 Requirements to be the Supreme Leader?

[edit] Head of state vs. head of govt.

Tried to at least illustrate the complexity of the situation here. Please feel free to correct. --Jfruh 18:51, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

take a look at the articles on head of state and head of government. there's no universal clear cut definition of the relationship between these two posts and it differs from country to country. i think mentioning the supreme leader as head of state and the president as head of government is perfectly fine. most other encyclopedias have done the same.

[edit] Supreme Jurisprudent?

An article on Salon uses the phrase "Supreme Jurisprudent" to refer to this office. Can anyone (particularly anyone who reads or speaks Farsi) comment? --Jfruh 16:14, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

the "supreme leader" is also referred to as "the jurisprudent guardian" (the technical religous term for this position, see Velayat-e faqih). but there is no such thing as "supreme jurisprudent", it's obviously an inaccurate translation or incorrect mix of the two titles mentioned.

[edit] Capitalization of "Leader"

Hi there! I moved this page from a non-capitalized page, to one where the word "leader" is capitalized. I hope it wasn't done in error, but if so, let me know so we can fix it again. --HappyCamper 02:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

The current title is the correct one. Thanks for the move. Green Giant 23:00, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] editprotected

Someone should stick a {{sprotected}} or {{protected}} on it. 68.39.174.238 11:18, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I've unprotected to article instead. From the history it looks as if SlimVirgin forgot to unprotect the page when she remvoes the template. —Ruud 17:24, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Plain' English??

Having just read the article, I feel more confused than before. Those veeeeeery long sentences, with their many subordinate clauses and parentheses, need breaking up into digestible chunks. Some of the syntax is questionable anyway. 86.137.145.22 11:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] changed the pictures

I changed the pictures so the article looks better. I don't know how to resize pictures, but I think this looks alright.

[edit] Closed loop

This is absurd, such a loop can be find almost everywhere. As a matter of fact the notion of having checks and balances often implies such loops. I guess the author misunderstood this as a petitio principii (circular logic) which is a fallacy.

[edit] There is no such thing as "Supreme" leader in Iran's constitution

The official title is "Leader", according to the constitution. "Supreme" (in fact different Persian synonyms) is often used as a sign of respect,.... This has to be corrected in all the pages and I don't know how. I also do not know why all English media do this mistake, maybe because of the similarity that they think exists between Iran and N. Korea.

needs a transliteration of the title in Persian.

"The Supreme Leader is Iran's Head of State, with the President of Iran being head of government." This directly conflicts with the Iran page, which calls the president head of state.

the president is most certainly not the head of state in Iran. if that's what it says in the Iran page then it should be corrected. most sources call the leader the head of state and the president the head of government.

You guys should sign your name. Supreme leader is the name most widely used in English, (probably because it sounds cool and is used in many sci-fi books and games!). For this reason I think the title should remain, but I've added a note explaining this. Regarding head of state, he is obviously the top authority and hence the "head" of the state.--Gerash77 04:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Death of Ali Khamenei

This is unconfirmed and is probably a rumor. Please don't include such things in this article. For one thing, this has to do with Khamenei and not the "Supreme Leader" post.

[edit] Requirements to be the Supreme Leader?

What are the requirements for somebody to be the Supreme Leader of Iran? And who is the most likely to succeed Ali Khamenei as the Supreme Leader? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.5.148 (talk) 20:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)