Velayat-e Faqih definition
Velayat-e Faqih means the government of the religious jurists. It is a theory of Khomeini that underpinned the Islamic radicals’ worldview and legitimized rule of the clerics. See, Imam Khomeini, Velayat-e Faqih: Hokoumate Eslami, (Tehran: Moessasaye Tanzem va Nashre Asare Imam Khomeini, 1381[2002]).