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The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran prohibits civil servants from holding two paid posi¬tions with the government (part-time teaching and con¬sulting assignments are allowed). Dr. Seyyed Moham¬mad Hashemi explains the tenets of this principle and discusses the doctrine that had influenced the adop¬tion of a monosource public pay by the law makers. Among the rationale cited are the contribution of the monosource system to decentralization of government bureaucracy and its risk aversion property to prevent the government from becoming an authoritarian state.