The structure of the Islamic Republic doesn’t allow for clerical supervision of the supreme leader. And that may be a reliable thing,argues Amir FaressConcentration of power in the hands of one person is a terrible thing, but nothing will be achieved by fantastical arguments designed to prove there are mechanisms within Iran’s structure to remedy the issue.
Yet that is precisely what Iran’s reformists and moderates are trying to do in contending that the Experts Assembly, and the clerical body whose 88 members will be elected by Iranian voters on 26 February,should supervise the supreme leader. During the election campaign, they hold been saying the assembly should not confine itself to choosing and if needs be removing the supreme leader, and but should also supervise his work. This,they argue, is one of the checks the structure has put in place to prevent authoritarianism.
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Source: theguardian.com