Supervisory status of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Imam Khomeini's view Emphasizing on the role of the monitoring of the first to eighth sessions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly

examining the functions of the “Majlis” as one of the components of the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran-in the intellectual system of Imam Khomeini has special role, "What is the position of the supervisory function among the various functions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly?" To answer this question, the content analysis method and library reference to the collection of Imam Khomeini's Speeches (in “Sahifeh-ye Noor” as the official reference of his statements have been used. Therefore, after extracting the concepts related to the subject, the functions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly have been classified and defined in two pivots of regulation and supervision. By this, the importance of each of these functions is determined and the status of parliamentary oversight is Qualified in different ways. Finally, the results of the research show that, against to the common beliefs that see the legislating as the main function of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and also the function of this institution in different periods reflects a focus on this task, the founder of the Islamic Revolution of Iran has emphasized on the parliamentary oversight of the affairs and see this status as the main function of the Islamic Consultative Assembly