Reflection on Some Public Law Aspects of Dual Citizenship of Public Managers and Employees of Executive Bodies

According to article 98 of the Civil Service Management Act of Iran, “the acceptance of foreign citizenship” by staff and executives provided that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmation, will result in termination of their public service. Acceptance of citizenship of a foreign country while preserving national citizenship leads to the so-called dual citizenship. Despite the many domestic and international efforts to prevent the state of dual citizenship, there are sometimes people who are "stateless" or have "dual citizenship". In recent years, many legal arguments have been raised about the dual nationality of Iranian political authorities. In this paper, some legal dimensions of this issue have been analyzed and evaluated from the perspective of public law teachings. The basic premise of this article is based on the assumption that the mere existence of two nationalities cannot be undesirable in law, but in the case of the political dual nationality authorities, the legislator must be cautious in setting up employment regulations.