gives the Leader the power to appoint and dismiss the head of the "Radio and Television of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and establishes a council with two representatives (six in total) from each branch of the government to supervise this organization. Chapter XIII [Article 176]: Supreme Council for National Security Chapter 8, which has only one article, establishes Iran's National Security Council. Chapter XIV [Article 177]: The Revision of the Constitution This article regulates the process for revising the Constitution and puts a moratorium on revisions to particular aspects of the Constitution. Absent its own repeal, Article 177 requires an edict by the Leader to initiate the process of making future revisions to the Constitution. Itself a revision to the Constitution, Article 177 necessitates a “Council for Revision of the Constitution” to make future amendments to the Constitution. This panel's membership is exclusively governmental officials beyond the advice of 3 university professors. The final amendments are put to referendum in a process initiated by the executive unlike Article 59 referendum which must be approved by a supermajority of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The article further stipulates that particular aspects of the Constitution are unalterable: the Islamic character of government and laws, the objectives of the republic, the democratic character of the government, “the absolute wilayat al-'amr and the leadership of the Ummah”, the administration of the country by referendum, and the official religion of Islam. See also 1989 Iranian constitutional referendum Blasphemy laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum Iran Constitution of 1906 Iranian Islamic Republic Day Iranian Revolution List of members of Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran Politics of Iran Sharia References and notes External links Constitution of Iran (in Persian), Ministry of Interior, Iran Constitution of Iran, as an unofficial English translation hosted at University of Bern, Switzerland (with good summaries) Islamic Republic of Iran Constitution from parstimes.com Islamic Republic of Iran Constitution An article on the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Encyclopaedia Iranica Iran Chamber Society Iran Law Library http://www.helplinelaw.com/law/iran/constitution/constitution02.php https://web.archive.org/web/20070929082837/http://www.ibchamber.org/lawreg/constitution.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20170918102549/http://www.alaviandassociates.com/documents/constitution.pdf Iran Electoral Archive - Iranian Constitution Nourlaw.com - Database of Iranian laws and regulations - 2017 Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1979 in law Law of Iran Iranian Revolution 1979 documents 1979 in politics December 1979 events in Asia Islamic 1979 in Iran 1970s in Iran