Expediency Discernment Council

Expediency Discernment Council مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام
Type
Type	Advice (opinion)
Leadership
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Since February 6, 1989
Secretary-General	Mohsen Rezaee Since 28 February 2007
Seats	28
Meeting place
Tehran, Iran
Website
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The Expediency Discernment Council of the System (Persian: مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام‎) is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988. It was originally set up to resolve differences or conflicts between the Majlis and the Council of Guardians, but "its true power lies more in its advisory role to the Supreme Leader." According to Hooman Majd, the Leader "delegated some of his own authority to the council — granting it supervisory powers over all branches of the government" — following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election in 2005.

Members (current)

On 14 March 2012, a new council was appointed for a five-year period.

1. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar, Ayatollah (Chairman of the Council) *
2. Mohsen Rezaee, Ph.D.* (Secretary General)
3. Jannati, Ahmad, Ayatollah *
4. Vaez Tabasi, Abbas, Ayatollah *
5. Amini Najafabadi, Ebrahim, Ayatollah *
6. Haddad-Adel, Gholam Ali, Ph.D. *
7. Movahedi-Kermani, Ali, Ayatollah *
8. Habibi, Hassan Ebrahim, Ph.D. *
9. Velayati, Ali Akbar, M.D. *
10. Dorri Najafabadi, Ghorbanali, Ayatollah *
11. Sane'i, Hassan, Hojatoleslam *
12. Rouhani, Hassan, Hojatoleslam, Ph.D. *
13. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah *
14. Larijani, Ali, Ph.D. *
15. Bahonar, Mohammad Reza
16. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammad Reza, Ayatollah *
17. Mirsalim, Mostafa *
18. Nabavi, Morteza *
19. Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, Hojatoleslam *
20. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Major General *
21. Aghazadeh, Gholam Reza *
22. Ali Agha-Mohammadi
23. Mohammad Forouzandeh
24. Davoud Danesh-Jafari
25. Vahidi, Ahmad
26. Hashemi Shahroudi, Mahmoud
27. Mohseni Eje'ei, Gholamhossein
28. Mahmoud Mohammadi Araghi
29. Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghaddam
30. Majid Ansari
31. Mohammad Javad Iravani
32. Davoud Danesh Jafari
33. Parviz Davoudi
34. Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi
35. Mohammad Reza Aref
36. Hossein Mohammadi
37. Hossein Mozaffar
38. Mostafa Mirsalim
39. Sadegh Vaezzadeh

Members (2007-2012)

The following is a list of its members of the years (2007-2012):

1. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar, Ayatollah (Chairman of the Council) *
2. Mohsen Rezaee, Ph.D.* (Secretary General)
3. Jannati, Ahmad, Ayatollah *
4. Vaez Tabasi, Abbas, Ayatollah *
5. Amini Najafabadi, Ebrahim, Ayatollah *
6. Haddad-Adel, Gholam Ali, Ph.D. *
7. Emami Kashani, Mohammad, Ayatollah *
8. Movahedi-Kermani, Ali, Ayatollah *
9. Habibi, Hassan Ebrahim, Ph.D. *
10. Mousavi, Mir Hossein Ms.C. *
11. Velayati, Ali Akbar, M.D. *
12. Dorri Najafabadi, Ghorbanali, Ayatollah *
13. Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad, Hojatoleslam *
14. Sane'i, Hassan, Hojatoleslam *
15. Rouhani, Hassan, Hojatoleslam, Ph.D. *
16. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah *
17. Larijani, Ali, Ph.D. *
18. Bahonar, Mohammad Reza
19. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammad Reza, Ayatollah *
20. Mirsalim, Mostafa *
21. Nabavi, Morteza *
22. Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, Hojatoleslam *
23. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Major General *
24. Aghazadeh, Gholam Reza *
25. Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan *
26. Ali Agha-Mohammadi
27. Mohammad Forouzandeh
28. Davoud Danesh-Jafari

Members (2002-2007)

The following is a list of its members of the years 2002-2007.

1. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar, Ayatollah (Chairman) *
2. Amini Najafabadi, Ibrahim, Ayatollah *
3. Vaez Tabasi, Abbas, Hojatoleslam *
4. Emami Kashani, Mohammad, Ayatollah *
5. Mousavi, Mir Hussein *
6. Velayati, Ali Akbar *
7. Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad, Hojatoleslam *
8. Sane'i, Hassan, Hojatoleslam *
9. Rouhani, Hassan, Hojatoleslam, Ph.D. *
10. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah *
11. Dorri Najafabadi, Qorbanali, Hojatoleslam *
12. Larijani, Ali *
13. Mirsalim, Mostafa *
14. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammadreza, Ayatollah *
15. Nabavi, Morteza *
16. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Major General *
17. Aqazadeh, Gholamreza *
18. Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan *
19. Rafsanjani, Mohammad Hashemi *
20. Habibi, Hassan Ibrahim *
21. Mohsen Rezaee * (Secretary General of the Council)
22. Ahmad Jannati
23. Ali Movahedi-Kermani
24. Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
25. Mohammad Reza Aref
26. Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel
27. Majid Ansari
28. Mohammad Reza Bahonar
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 and Guardian Council, 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. Tabasi, Abbas, Hojatoleslam
2. Emami Kashani, Mohammad, Ayatollah
3. Mousavi, Mir Hussein
4. Velayati, Ali Akbar
5. Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad, Hojatoleslam
6. Sane'i, Hassan, Hojatoleslam
7. Rouhani, Hassan, Hojatoleslam, Ph.D. *
8. Mousavi Khoeiniha, Mohammad, Hojatoleslam
9. Asgar Owladi, Habibollah
10. Dorri Najafabadi, Qorbanali, Hojatoleslam
11. Larijani, Ali
12. Mirsalim, Mostafa
13. Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammadreza, Ayatollah
14. Nouri, Abdullah, Hojatoleslam
15. Nabavi, Morteza
16. Firouzabadi, Hassan, Lt. General
17. Aqazadeh, Gholamreza
18. Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan
19. Rafsanjani, Mohammad Hashemi
20. Nourbakhsh, Mohsen
21. Habibi, Hassan Ibrahim
22. Mohsen Rezaee

Ex-officio members:

1. President: Khatami, Mohammad, Hojatoleslam
2. Majlis Speaker: Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, Hojatoleslam followed by Karroubi, Mehdi, Hojatoleslam
3. Judiciary Chief: Yazdi, Mohammad, 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, Ayatollah
2. Ostadi, Reza, Ayatollah
3. Rezvani, Gholamreza, Ayatollah
4. Mo'men, Mohammad, Ayatollah
5. Yazdi, Mohammad, Ayatollah
6. Taheri Khoram-Abadi, Hasan, Ayatollah

External links

• Official Website
• GlobalSecurity.org on the Expediency Discernment Council
• GlobalSecurity.org's list of members of the Expediency Discernment Council (a little out of date)
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty(RFE/RL) 13 September 2004, mentions Expediency Council
• A Caliphate disguised as a republic

Videos

• A close look at Iranian Expediency Council (PressTV 2012)