As of 2024, Iran scored zero point in the Freedom House study for the subcategory "do the freely elected head of government and national legislative representatives determine the policies of the government?". Iran scored seven points on overall political rights of the freedom survey, classifying it as not free on the international Freedom House ranking. The average global score for political freedom of countries was between three and four which classifies them as partially free.
Freedom score of Iran in 2024, by political rights of government functioning
The score results always represent the data collection period from the previous year.
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Scoring:
A country or territory is awarded 0 to 4 points for each of 10 political rights indicators and 15 civil liberties indicators, which take the form of questions; a score of 0 represents the smallest degree of freedom and 4 the greatest degree of freedom
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Freedom House. (February 21, 2024). Freedom score of Iran in 2024, by political rights of government functioning [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245144/iran-freedom-score-by-political-rights-of-government-functioning/
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Freedom House. (2024). Freedom score of Iran in 2024, by political rights of government functioning. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245144/iran-freedom-score-by-political-rights-of-government-functioning/
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