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| | Iran - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The constitution, which came into effect on the overthrow of the shah in 1979, provides for a president elected by universal suffrage and a single-chamber legislature, the Majlis (Islamic Consultative Assembly), consisting of 270 members, similarly elected. |
 | | Iran was declared an Islamic republic, and a new constitution, based on Islamic principles, was adopted. |
 | | Islamic law was becoming stricter, with amputation as the penalty for theft and flogging for minor sexual offences. |
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