This article examines the relationship between liberalism and democracy with a focus on Iran's hi... more This article examines the relationship between liberalism and democracy with a focus on Iran's historical experience. Liberal values such as individual freedom, separation of powers, and legal equality are considered prerequisites for democracy, and without them, democracy degenerates into tyranny of the majority. Iran, with its experience of the Constitutional Revolution and subsequently four decades of living under a religious system, has followed a particular path. This article demonstrates that the collective consciousness of Iranians today is based on the necessity of returning to the fundamental principle of constitutionalism: the rule of law. From this perspective, democracy is not merely "government of the people," but rather "sovereignty of law accompanied by guarantees of individual freedoms.
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