What is stipulated in the present Constitution of the...

What is stipulated in the present Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that selecting the Supreme Leader and the wali al-faqih lies on the shoulder of the Assembly of Experts—experts all of whom are fuqaha and mujtahidun who have their life to studying Islamic jurisprudence. These experts who want to finally choose the wali al-faqih can be selected in two ways.

One is that in every city where there are a number of fuqaha , one of the most qualified is selected from among themselves and in the second phase at the provincial level the same is done and in the end, a limited number of them will be selected for the Assembly of Experts. The other way is that in every province or city, these individuals are identified through public elections.

Since the number of the fuqaha and mujtahidin is usually limited and sometimes in a city there is not a single faqih or mujtahid , it is sensible that the people, who themselves are not experts in Islamic jurisprudence and ijtihad and those number in every city or every province…