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The Expediency Discernment Council of the System , is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader
Supreme Leader of Iran

"Supreme Leader" redirects here. This article is about Iran's leader. For Soviet Union's leader, see; General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
  and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran
Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran

The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was adopted by referendum on October 24, 1979, and went into force on December 3 of that year, replacing the Iran Constitution of 1906....
 on 6 February 1988 . Its purpose is to resolve differences or conflicts between the Majlis
Majlis of Iran

The Majlis of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Majlis currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 270 seats since the February 18, 2000 election....
 and the Council of Guardians, and also to serve as a consultative council to the Supreme Leader
Supreme Leader of Iran

"Supreme Leader" redirects here. This article is about Iran's leader. For Soviet Union's leader, see; General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
.

As of February 2007, the council is headed by Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.






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The Expediency Discernment Council of the System , is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader
Supreme Leader of Iran

"Supreme Leader" redirects here. This article is about Iran's leader. For Soviet Union's leader, see; General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
  and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran
Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran

The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was adopted by referendum on October 24, 1979, and went into force on December 3 of that year, replacing the Iran Constitution of 1906....
 on 6 February 1988 . Its purpose is to resolve differences or conflicts between the Majlis
Majlis of Iran

The Majlis of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Majlis currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 270 seats since the February 18, 2000 election....
 and the Council of Guardians, and also to serve as a consultative council to the Supreme Leader
Supreme Leader of Iran

"Supreme Leader" redirects here. This article is about Iran's leader. For Soviet Union's leader, see; General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
.

As of February 2007, the council is headed by Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The current secretary of the council is General Mohsen Rezaee
Mohsen Rezaee

Mohsen Rezaee , is an Iranian politician and former military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran....
. The council's power increased significantly when Rafsanjani joined.

Members (Current)

On February 27, 2007, a new council was appointed for a five year period:

  1. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

    Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician, businessman and former President. Currently he holds the position of Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and Chairman the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran ....
    , Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     (Chairman) *
  2. Jannati, Ahmad
    Ahmad Jannati

    Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah is an Iranian ayatollah and Politics of Iran. He is the chairman of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis of Iran with the Constitution of Iran and sharia, and approving the candidates in various Elections in Iran....
    , Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  3. Vaez Tabasi, Abbas, Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  4. Amini Najafabadi, Ebrahim
    Ebrahim Amini

    Ayatollah Haj Shaykh Ebrahim Amini is an Iranian politician in the Assembly of Experts. He is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council....
    , Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  5. Haddad-Adel, Gholam Ali
    Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel

    Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel born in 1945 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian philosopher, politician and former chairman of the Iranian parliament. He is the first non-cleric in the post since the Iranian Revolution of 1979....
    , Ph.D.
    Ph.D.

    Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
     *
  6. Emami Kashani, Mohammad, Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  7. Movahedi-Kermani, Ali
    Ali Movahedi-Kermani

    Hojatoleslam/Ayatollah Ali Movahedi-Kermani is representative of Ali Khamenei in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in the Islamic Republic of Iran....
    , Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  8. Habibi, Hassan Ebrahim
    Hassan Habibi

    Hassan Ebrahim Habibi is an Iranian politician and scholar, presently the Head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature , and a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution....
    , Ph.D.
    Ph.D.

    Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
     *
  9. Mousavi, Mir Hossein *
  10. Velayati, Ali Akbar
    Ali Akbar Velayati

    Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati is an Iranian politician. Currently an advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs ....
    , M.D.
    Doctor of Medicine

    Doctor of Medicine is a Doctorate for physicians . The degree is granted from medical schools.It is a first professional degree in some countries, including the United States and Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 hours of university level work ....
     *
  11. Dorri Najafabadi, Ghorbanali
    Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi

    Ayatollah Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi is an Iranian politician and cleric, previously the Ministry of Intelligence of Iran of Islamic Republic of Iran....
    , Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  12. Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad, Hojatoleslam
    Hojatoleslam

    Hojatoleslam is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam", given to Twelver Shia Islam clerics. It was originally applied only to leading mujtahids, but from about the start of the 19th century came to be used by all clerics following the creation of the title Ayatollah for top Twelver mujtahids....
     *
  13. Sane'i, Hassan
    Hassan Sane'i

    Hojatoleslam Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation....
    , Hojatoleslam
    Hojatoleslam

    Hojatoleslam is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam", given to Twelver Shia Islam clerics. It was originally applied only to leading mujtahids, but from about the start of the 19th century came to be used by all clerics following the creation of the title Ayatollah for top Twelver mujtahids....
     *
  14. Fereidoun Rowhani, Hassan, Hojatoleslam
    Hojatoleslam

    Hojatoleslam is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam", given to Twelver Shia Islam clerics. It was originally applied only to leading mujtahids, but from about the start of the 19th century came to be used by all clerics following the creation of the title Ayatollah for top Twelver mujtahids....
     *
  15. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah *
  16. Larijani, Ali
    Ali Larijani

    Ali Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian People philosopher, politician and the chairman/speaker of the Iranian parliament. Larijani was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from August 15, 2005 to October 20, 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...
    , Ph.D.
    Ph.D.

    Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
     *
  17. Bahonar, Mohammad Reza
    Mohammad Reza Bahonar

    Mohammad Reza Bahonar is the Conservatism First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He is a representative from Kerman.In previous parliaments, he has been elected as a representative from Kerman and Tehran....
  18. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammad Reza
    Mohammad Reza Tavassoli

    Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Tavassoli was an influential Iranian theologian, reformist politician and a close associate of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini....
    , Ayatollah
    Ayatollah

    Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shia Islam clergy. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Hawza....
     *
  19. Mirsalim, Mostafa *
  20. Nabavi, Morteza *
  21. Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
    Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri

    Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri was the speaker of the Majlis of Iran. Before that, he was the interior minister of the Islamic Republic....
    , Hojatoleslam
    Hojatoleslam

    Hojatoleslam is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam", given to Twelver Shia Islam clerics. It was originally applied only to leading mujtahids, but from about the start of the 19th century came to be used by all clerics following the creation of the title Ayatollah for top Twelver mujtahids....
     *
  22. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Major General
    Major General

    Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
     *
  23. Aghazadeh, Gholam Reza
    Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

    Gholam Reza Aghazadeh is the Vice President of Iran of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran....
     *
  24. Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan *
  25. Mohsen Rezaee
    Mohsen Rezaee

    Mohsen Rezaee , is an Iranian politician and former military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran....
    , Ph.D.
    Ph.D.

    Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
    *
  26. Ali Agha-Mohammadi
  27. Mohammad Forouzandeh
  28. Davoud Danesh-Jafari
    Davoud Danesh-Jafari

    Davoud Danesh-Jafari was the Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran.Since 2006, he has been involved in plans to create the Iranian Oil Bourse, a commodity exchange for oil and oil byproducts, which would trade mostly in the Iranian rial and other major currencies...


Members (2002-2007)

The following is a list of its members of the years 2002-2007
  1. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

    Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician, businessman and former President. Currently he holds the position of Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and Chairman the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran ....
    , Ayatollah (Chairman) *
  2. Amini Najafabadi, Ibrahim, Ayatollah *
  3. Vaez Tabasi, Abbas, Hojjatoleslam *
  4. Emami Kashani, Mohammad, Ayatollah *
  5. Mousavi, Mir Hussein *
  6. Velayati, Ali Akbar
    Ali Akbar Velayati

    Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati is an Iranian politician. Currently an advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs ....
     *
  7. Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad, Hojjatoleslam *
  8. Sane'i, Hassan
    Hassan Sane'i

    Hojatoleslam Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation....
    , Hojjatoleslam *
  9. Fereidoun Rowhani, Hassan, Hojjatoleslam *
  10. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah *
  11. Dorri Najafabadi, Qorbanali, Hojjatoleslam *
  12. Larijani, Ali
    Ali Larijani

    Ali Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian People philosopher, politician and the chairman/speaker of the Iranian parliament. Larijani was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from August 15, 2005 to October 20, 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...
     *
  13. Mirsalim, Mostafa *
  14. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammadreza, Ayatollah *
  15. Nabavi, Morteza *
  16. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Major General
    Major General

    Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
     *
  17. Aqazadeh, Gholamreza *
  18. Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan *
  19. Hashemi, Mohammad
    Mohammad Hashemi

    Mohammad Hashemi is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was former head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for 10 years....
     *
  20. Habibi, Hassan Ibrahim *
  21. Mohsen Rezaee
    Mohsen Rezaee

    Mohsen Rezaee , is an Iranian politician and former military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran....
     *
  22. Ahmad Jannati
    Ahmad Jannati

    Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah is an Iranian ayatollah and Politics of Iran. He is the chairman of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis of Iran with the Constitution of Iran and sharia, and approving the candidates in various Elections in Iran....
  23. Ali Movahedi-Kermani
    Ali Movahedi-Kermani

    Hojatoleslam/Ayatollah Ali Movahedi-Kermani is representative of Ali Khamenei in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in the Islamic Republic of Iran....
  24. Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
    Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri

    Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri was the speaker of the Majlis of Iran. Before that, he was the interior minister of the Islamic Republic....
  25. Mohammad Reza Aref
    Mohammad Reza Aref

    Mohammad Reza Aref is an Iranian academic, Electrical engineer and politician and a professor at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. From 2001 to 2005, he was the first Vice President of Iran, under President Mohammad Khatami....
  26. Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel
    Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel

    Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel born in 1945 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian philosopher, politician and former chairman of the Iranian parliament. He is the first non-cleric in the post since the Iranian Revolution of 1979....
  27. Majid Ansari
  28. Mohammad Reza Bahonar
    Mohammad Reza Bahonar

    Mohammad Reza Bahonar is the Conservatism First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He is a representative from Kerman.In previous parliaments, he has been elected as a representative from Kerman and Tehran....
  29. Hossein Mozaffar
  30. Mohammad Javad Irvani


- Re-appointed

Ex-officio members:
  1. President
  2. Speaker of Majles
  3. Chief of the Judiciary
  4. The minister concerned depending on the subject under discussion
  5. The representative of Majlis commission concerning the subject discussed
  • If mediating between Majlis
    Majlis

    Majlis is an Arabic language term meaning "a place of sitting" used to describe various types of formal legislative assemblies in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to Islamic countries....
     and Guardian Council
    Guardian Council

    The Guardian Council of the Constitution , or Guardian Council and also Council of Guardians is an appointed and Constitution of Iran-mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran....
    , the council will also include the six clerics of the Guardian Council.


Members (1997-2002)

The following is a list of its members of the year 1997-2002.
  1. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

    Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician, businessman and former President. Currently he holds the position of Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and Chairman the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran ....
    , Ayatollah (Chairman)
  2. Mahdavi Kani, Mohammad Reza
    Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani

    Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani is an Iranian influential cleric and conservative politician. Presently, he is the Secretary General of the Combatant Clergy Association ....
    , Ayatollah
  3. Amini Najafabadi, Ibrahim, Ayatollah
  4. Vaez Tabasi, Abbas, Hojjatoleslam
  5. Emami Kashani, Mohammad, Ayatollah
  6. Mousavi, Mir Hussein
  7. Velayati, Ali Akbar
    Ali Akbar Velayati

    Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati is an Iranian politician. Currently an advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs ....
  8. Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad, Hojjatoleslam
  9. Sane'i, Hassan
    Hassan Sane'i

    Hojatoleslam Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation....
    , Hojjatoleslam
  10. Fereidoun Rowhani, Hassan, Hojjatoleslam
  11. Mousavi Khoeiniha, Mohammad
    Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha

    Ayatollah Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha is an Iranian cleric and secretary general of the reformist Association of Combatant Clerics. He was a founder of the now banned Salam newspaper and is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council....
    , Hojjaoleslam
  12. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah
  13. Dorri Najafabadi, Qorbanali, Hojjatoleslam
  14. Larijani, Ali
    Ali Larijani

    Ali Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian People philosopher, politician and the chairman/speaker of the Iranian parliament. Larijani was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from August 15, 2005 to October 20, 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...
  15. Mirsalim, Mostafa
  16. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammadreza, Ayatollah
  17. Nouri, Abdullah, Hojjatoleslam
  18. Nabavi, Morteza
  19. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Lt. General
  20. Aqazadeh, Gholamreza
  21. Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan
  22. Hashemi, Mohammad
    Mohammad Hashemi

    Mohammad Hashemi is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was former head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for 10 years....
  23. Nourbakhsh, Mohsen
    Mohsen Nourbakhsh

    Seyed Mohsen Nourbakhsh was an Iranian economist, most famous as Governor of the Central Bank of Iran and the former Minister of Economic and Finance of Iran....
  24. Habibi, Hassan Ibrahim
  25. Mohsen Rezaee
    Mohsen Rezaee

    Mohsen Rezaee , is an Iranian politician and former military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran....


Ex-officio members:

  1. President: Khatami, Mohammad
    Mohammad Khatami

    Seyed Mohammad Khatami is an Iranian scholar and Politics. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s....
    , Hojjatoleslam
  2. Majlis Speaker: Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, Hojjatoleslam followed by Karroubi, Mehdi
    Mehdi Karroubi

    Hojjat ol-Eslam Mehdi Karroubi is an Iranian politician and cleric, the resigned chairman and founding member of the Association of Combatant Clerics party....
    , Hojjatoleslam
  3. Judiciary Chief: Yazdi, Mohammad
    Mohammad Yazdi

    Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi was head of Judiciary System of Iran of Iran between 1989 and 1999, following Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili and succeeded by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi....
    , Ayatollah followed by Hashemi Shahroudi, Mahmoud, Ayatollah
  4. The minister concerned depending on the subject under discussion
  • Clergy members of Guardians Council at one point:
  1. Jannati, Ahmad
    Ahmad Jannati

    Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah is an Iranian ayatollah and Politics of Iran. He is the chairman of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis of Iran with the Constitution of Iran and sharia, and approving the candidates in various Elections in Iran....
    , Ayatollah
  2. Ostadi, Reza
    Reza Ostadi

    Ayatollah Reza Ostadi is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Previously, during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami, he was also a member of the Guardian Council....
    , Ayatollah
  3. Rezvani, Gholamreza
    Gholamreza Rezvani

    Ayatollah Gholamreza Rezvani is a member of the powerful Council of Guardians in the Islamic Republic of Iran. He believes in literal interpretation of Quran, hadith, and sunnah and has argued that there is "no substitute" for stoning adulterers...
    , Ayatollah
  4. Mo'men, Mohammad, Ayatollah
  5. Yazdi, Mohammad
    Mohammad Yazdi

    Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi was head of Judiciary System of Iran of Iran between 1989 and 1999, following Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili and succeeded by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi....
    , Ayatollah
  6. Taheri Khoram-Abadi, Hasan, Ayatollah

See also


External links

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  • , mentions Expediency Council