THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT IRANIAN REVOLUTION FOR THE MODERN WORLD: SPIRITUAL AND VALUE DIMENSION OF CONSTITUTIONALISM

Abstract

The aim of the study is to identify the constitutional and legal result of the Islamic revolution of 1978-1979 in Iran. Based on the analysis of the text of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the theoretical works of the Spiritual leader of the revolution Imam Khomeini, the Iranian model of the state based on religious spiritual and moral principles is considered, the constitutional mechanism of the distribution of state power, the role of Rahbar, the features of the constitutional system of Supervisory mechanisms are analyzed. The research methodology includes the methods of analysis and synthesis, legal comparativistics, formal-logical and legal-dogmatic method. The study concludes that the Islamic revolution in Iran is one of the Great revolutions that changed the fate of the world. It restored modern constitutionalism with vital for humanity spiritual and value orientations and created a constitutional form of a moral state. Imam Khomeini’s spiritual and value approaches have not only been constitutionally enshrined, but also successfully implemented for 40 years. The author emphasizes the importance of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s experience for the constitutional development of the Russian Federation. The results of the study can be used at reforming the Constitution of Russia and other countries, in education, as well as in educational literature on the theory of state and law, and constitutional law.