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Article 7: As the munificent Qur’an ordains: “They (conduct) their affairs according to these commands, by mutual consultation” (42: 38) and “And consult them in the affairs” (3: 159), the councils, the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Guardian Council, the province of municipal and city councils and the district and village councils and so forth are the decision making and administrative organs of the country. The constitution and the laws arising from it shall determine the manner of formation of these councils and the limits of their authority.