A Survey into the Shahid Beheshti's Thought of Basic Rights

Analyzing the views of the practitioners and founders of the formulation and institutionalization of a revolution is always effective in understanding the principles of that revolution.
Meanwhile, analyzing the views of Shahid Beheshti, as the main director of the meetings of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution, is of great importance considering his special role in drafting this law so that this approach can be used to interpret the constitution based on discovering the purpose of the writers. Using a descriptive-analytical and desk-research method, this paper analyzes Shahid Beheshti's thought of basic rights. Among the findings of this research, one can refer to the particular intellectual system of Shahid Beheshti in the field of basic rights including the specific characteristics in terms of constitution, deep insights on the Guardian Council, special attention to the condition of the President in terms of being male, special status of the Judiciary, freedom of speech for Members of the Parliament, a special approach to the leadership-nation system "Imamate-Ummah" and, of course, legitimate freedoms in the constitution, which distinguishes his view of the constitution than the others.