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| | Encyclopedia: Ali Khamenei |
 | | In 1981, after the assasination of Mohammad Ali Rajai, Ayatollah Khamenei was elected President of Iran by a landslide vote in the Iranian presidential election, October 1981 and became the first cleric to serve in the office. | | | This is a List of national leaders, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. | | | He was a key figure in the Islamic revolution and a close confidant of Ayatollah Khomeini. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ali-Khamenei
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| | No alla Pena di Morte - NO to the Death penalty - Comunità di Sant'Egidio |
| | Meshkini, head of the powerful Experts Assembly that elects and supervises Iran's supreme leader, told worshippers in a Friday sermon that Aghajari should face the death sentence for his derogatory comments. | | | After losing control of parliament in February 2000 legislative elections, hard-line followers of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have tried to protect their eroding power by thwarting President Mohammad Khatami's reform program. | | | TEHRAN, Iran - A senior Iranian cleric has called on the judiciary to sentence to death a prominent reformist scholar being tried for questioning the hard-line clergy's interpretation of Islam. |
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http://www.santegidio.org/pdm/news2002/18_08_02_c.htm
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| | IranReporter - Story Page |
| | While Ayatollah Meshkini spoke of the government being appointed by God, Ayatollah Sanei said the people were responsible for electing all senior figures, directly or indirectly, and that no one stood above the constitution. | | | Close to Ayatollah Sanei's religious centre, supporters of Mr Khatami packed into a meeting hall to listen to Mostafa Tajzadeh, who was stripped by the conservative-controlled judiciary of his position as deputy interior minister and head of the Election Headquarters administering the polls. | | | Supporters of Ahmad Tavakoli, a former labour minister,, said he had the backing of the powerful Feziyeh seminary in Qom and of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |
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http://www.iranreporter.com/story.asp?id=112
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| | I shoulder a heavy duty in elections: Rafsanjani |
| | Answering people’s questions in Kazerun on Thursday, the former director of the IRIB television network stated that the Omid (Hope) Cabinet ministers should have executive experience and should be both economically and morally honest in order to serve the people. | | | Presidential candidate Ali Larijani said that cabinet ministers should no longer be chosen behind closed doors. | | | Cabinet ministers should no longer be chosen behind closed doors: Larijani |
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| | The Iranian: News & Views |
| | Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ayatollah Ali Amini won election with 75 and 59 votes respectively to serve as vice chairmen of the council, which is responsible for electing and, if need be, dismissing the country's supreme leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | | | Hojatoleslam Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, who resigned as intelligence minister earlier this month after his ministry's shock admission that "rogue" agents were involved in a string of brutal murders of dissidents late last year, was elected as secretary. | | | Meshkini, 74, was reelected by 66 votes out of 85 at the council's first full session since nationwide elections last October, the official news agency IRNA reported. |
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http://www.iranian.com/News/Feb99/khebregan.html
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| | Brief on Iran, No. 789 |
| | The crowd was angry that the school's director had called for curbs on the country's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameni, who has power over elected officials. | | | With the conservative Khamenei as supreme leader, Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, is nearly powerless to implement his own policies. | | | Speaking in Qom, mullah Ali Meshkini, the head of the Assembly of Experts, emphasized upon the leadership of Khamenei, but admitted that Khamenei (mullahs’ supreme leader) was not qualified to be the Marja'-e Taqlid (source of emulation). |
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http://www.iran-e-azad.org/english/boi/07891124_97.html
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| | Sidelined Ayatollah Preaches Moderation (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Khamanei's 1989 accession to supreme religious leader was made official by a clerical council chaired by Meshkini, whose Friday sermon in Qom flashed with the harsh rhetoric that still defines Iran's government to the outside world. | | | "The first issue and only issue is Palestine," said Meshkini, a lean figure who wore a white turban. | | | Khomeini replied by stripping Montazeri of his titles and naming a political aide, Ali Khamenei, as his successor, after a hasty promotion to ayatollah. |
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| | Members of Expert Assembly meet with president Khatami |
| | Ayatollah Meshkini paid homage to the government and the president for his effective policies at the national and international arenas and his being in touch with the leader of the revolution. | | | Tehran, Jan 14, IRNA -- Members of the assembly of experts met with president Seyed Mohammad Khatami on Thursday. | | | Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, the head of the Expert Assembly, in the meeting reciting a narration (hadith) from the first infallible imam of the prophet's household Imam Ali called upon the officials to render further services to the public and focus on solving problems facing the people and reinforce the unity and solidarity among them. |
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http://www.payvand.com/news/00/jan/1036.html
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| | GN Online: Cleric seeks death penalty for journalist |
| | Speaking during the Friday prayers in the holy city of Qom, Ayatollah Meshkini said: "The judge should consider a verdict of death penalty for the man." Meshkini said offending Islam and the clerics is unforgivable and can lead to a death penalty. | | | Controversial pro-reform journalist Hashem Aghajari, who allegedly offended the powerful Shi'ite clergy, was arrested on a court order issued in the western city of Hamedan. | | | The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, has sought the death penalty for a pro-reform journalist who allegedly insulted Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in a speech in the western city of Hamedan. |
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http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/opinion.asp?ArticleID=60251
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| | Iran Daily |
| | The EU delegation, which also met with Foreign Ministry officials and Secretary of Islamic Human Rights Commission Mohammad Ziaei-Far, arrived in Tehran on September 16. | | | Why should the lofty subject of privatization be ignored for the sake of a theoretical notion like justice? | | | Elsewhere in his speech, Ayatollah Meshkini denounced US attacks on Iraq and said the US and Britain are responsible for the ruthless massacre of the Iraqi people and should be punished in an authoritative court. |
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| | Iran News - Meshkini accuses Taheri of "fomenting division" |
| | In his resignation letter, Taheri, who is close to moderate President Mohammad Khatami, launched a fiery attack on the Islamic state and its dominant Qom-based conservative clergy, who accept no authority but Khamenei's. | | | TEHRAN, July 21 (AFP) - A leading conservative cleric launched a public attack on a reformist colleague's criticism of the Islamic state Sunday, despite appeals for calm from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | | | Khamenei stepped up his calls for unity Saturday after a broadcast by US President George W. Bush in which he openly sided with the reformers, promising that a modern, democratic Iran would have "no better friend" than the United States. |
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http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView?NewsCode=11213&NewsKind=CurrentAffairs
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| | Iran Daily |
| | Meshkini made the remark at a meeting attended by State Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and representatives of the Experts Assembly, IRNA reported. | | | Alami posed the same question to Younesi who said his ministry is following up the matter. | | | The commission's rapporteur, Kazem Jalali, also said lawmakers posed questions regarding fuel smuggling, non-issuance of credentials for Babolsar MP Meqdad Najaf-Nejad Montakhab, East Azarbaijan governor general's interference in Tabriz City Council affairs and contracts with Turkish companies Tav and TurkCell. |
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| | A different perspective, and one that seem to reflect the official attitude, came from Shahpur Ismailian, a lawyer and retired judge in Iran. | | | Tehran-based lawyer Farideh Ghayrat is a prominent human-rights advocate and the spokeswoman for the Association for the Defense of Prisoners Rights. | | | Ayatollah Ali Meshkini in his Friday-prayer sermon in Qom criticized the German Green Party for being pro-homosexual, state television reported on 29 April 2000. |
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http://courses.wcupa.edu/rbove/eco343/050Compecon/Iran/050901gay.txt
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| | IranianVoice.org - WHAT FOR THE EXPERTS ASSEMBLY? |
| | In his opening speech, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, the Speaker of the Assembly of Experts repeated that the leader being God’s choice, he is above all law, no one, including the experts can not contest Almighty’s nominee. | | | In his opening speech, Ayatollah Meshkini rejected any dialogue with the Unite States. | | | Since the leader is a gift of God, no one can contest his absolute powers, they argue. |
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http://www.a-listonline.com/iran/html/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=538
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| | RFE/RL Iran Report |
| | The Assembly of Experts -- a popularly elected body of almost 90 clerics that is tasked with selecting and supervising the supreme leader -- held its semiannual meeting on 15-16 March. | | | On the first day, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini was reelected chairman, ayatollahs Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and Ebrahim Amini, were elected vice chairmen, and Qorban-Ali Dori-Najafabadi and Ahmad Khatami were elected secretaries, IRNA reported. | | | The assembly& final statement, issued on 16 March, addressed the upcoming presidential election. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2005/12-230305.htm
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| | © the eyeranian: Ayatollah & Women |
| | This is the outfit that appoints and can remove the highest authority of the Iranian regime; the Supreme Leader. | | | Meshkini is not a member of Guardian Council. | | | Posted by: Nema Milaninia at September 16, 2003 12:46 AM |
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| | IranExpert:Iran conservatives in fightback against president's bid to cut their power |
| | The draft legislation revealed the president's "desire for a monopoly of power," said Hojatoleslam Mohsen Doagou, a leading hardline cleric. | | | But Vice President Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, who submitted the bills to MPs on Khatami's behalf, insisted there would be no climbdown on legislation essential to rescuing the president's stymied reform programme, even as he travelled to the clerical stronghold of Qom to sound out key conservatives. | | | "The submission of these two bills has angered believers," said Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, who heads the powerful Council of Experts charged with electing Iran's supreme leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |
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| | Iran rejects European nuclear proposal - Boston.com |
| | Shortly after his inauguration, the foreign ministry rejected Europe's proposal for ending the deeply divisive standoff over Tehran's controversial nuclear program, calling it "unacceptable" and not up to Iran's "minimum expectations." Others are unidentified. | | | By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writer | | | An Iranian political analyst, Ali Ansari, said Saturday the chances of settling the dispute seemed remote. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/06/iran_rejects_eus_civil_nuclear_proposal
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| | Iran's clergy assembly calls on Iraqis expel “armed robbers” : JAFARIYA NEWS NETWORK |
| | The 86-member Assembly is constitutionally mandated to choose the Wali-e-Faqih (Supreme Leader) and monitor his performance besides giving recommendations to his office. | | | Speaking at the inaugural session at the 10th regular biannual meeting, the head of the Experts' Assembly Ayatullah Ali Meshkini said: “The Iraqi people should maintain their unity, administer the affairs of their country themselves and expel the armed robbers from their homeland in order to safeguard Islamic values.” | | | “Muslims should not be dispersed and separated while all their enemies are united against Islam and talk about the crusades… The Assembly of Experts advises all Muslims to identify (their) friends and foes,” Ayatullah Meshkini said. |
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| | "The first issue and only issue is Palestine," said Meshkini, a lean figure who wore a white turban. | | | “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is no more the leader, having overstepped his legitimacy by not responding to his Islamic duties. | | | He's Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a former heir apparent to lead Iran who fell from favor and spent five years under house arrest as the regime's most feared dissident. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=montazeri
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| | EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Iran’s Neo-Conservatives Poised to Take Charge of Political Agenda |
| | The Supreme Leader’s office, along with other top Iranian institutions, has praised neo-conservative initiatives. | | | There are indications that the Old Guard, including the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has tacitly encouraged the neo-conservatives to assert themselves. | | | On July 11, for example, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, the head of the Assembly of Experts, lauded Ahmadi-Nejad, the Tehran mayor, saying; "not only the people of Tehran, but the entire Iranian nation is pleased that a new management team has come to power at the Mayor’s Office." |
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| | Iran Focus - Iraq - Iran’s Top Clerical Body Calls for “Islamic government” in Iraq |
| | In his inaugural address, Speaker Ayatollah Ali Meshkini bluntly called for the establishment of an “Islamic government” in neighboring Iraq. | | | He said the United States and Britain were responsible for “the ruthless massacre of the Iraqi people and must therefore be punished by a competent court.” | | | Meshkini also called for the expulsion of members of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin, from Iraq and stated that “these terrorists must be handed over to their government.” |
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| | List of Iranians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Manouchehr Eghbal, prime minister and head of National Iranian Oil Company | | | Ali Abdolalizadehh, minister of housing and urban development | | | Ali Akbar Davar, Minister, and founder of Iran's modern Judiciary system. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranians
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| | Iran News - Meshkini sets preconditions for negotiations with US |
| | Chairman of the 86-member Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Ali Meshkini said on Sunday that if the United States gets down from the horse of bullying, pay off its debts to Iran and abandon animosity with Iran, then Iranian officials will consider holding negotiations with Washington, IRNA said. | | | He said in his address to the inaugural session of the Assembly of Experts that the United States should pay off its debts to Iran plus the interest involved and abandon harassment of Muslims by supporting the Zionist regime and its Ariel Sharon. |
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| | Meshkini reassigned as chairman of Experts Assembly - Irna |
| | A report released by the secretariat of the Experts Assembly on Tuesday said that the election was held in accordance with Article 6 of the second chapter of the assembly's internal by-law to elect seven members of the presiding board. | | | During the session, out of 70 representatives, Ali Meshkini was elected as the chairman of the Experts Assembly by gaining 64 votes. | | | Concurrent with the thirteenth official session of the third term of the Assembly of Experts on Tuesday, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini has once more been elected as the Chairman of the assembly. |
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| | ANTI-MONTAZERI CAMPAIGN REACHES THE PRESIDENT |
| | In the same Friday speech, Mr Meshkini condemned the physical attacks on the person of the ayatollah Montazeri as well as the ransacking of his office and the pillage of his official and personal documents by thugs of the Information Ministry. | | | As the anti-Montazeri campaign was extended to provinces and to the Bazaar, the conservative economic nerve centre of the country, the new President, ayatollah Mohammad Khatami was for the first time publicly took to task by pro-Khameneh'i newspaper for continuing his "strange, if not significant silence". | | | This theory was first publicly expressed Friday by the ayatollah Ali Meshkini, the Friday Imam of the religious city of Qom, who is also Speaker of the Assembly of Experts and a close family relative to the ayatollah Khameneh'i. |
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| | Reformist cleric Ali Ansari, one of the few reformist members of the Assembly, called for an end to what he called “dual government,” and said the trend of “government in government” is on the rise and instead of the public interest, the regime considers its own expediency. | | | Speaker of the Experts Assembly Ayatollah Ali Meshkini defended the power of the Guardians Council to vet the applicants for the candidacy in the Majles elections. |
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| | News :::: Baabeilm.com |
| | Prior to the Supreme Leader's speech, the Speaker of the Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Ali Meshkini briefed the audience on the need to promote spirituality and establishing close relationship with the Almighty God. | | | Tehran, Sept 21 - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts referred to the efficiency of officials in fulfilling their tasks as a criteria for their legitimacy and reiterated the need to take action towards achieving the set goals. | | | Felicitating members of the Assembly of Experts on the festivities of the auspicious lunar month of Sha'ban marking birth anniversaries of three Shi'ite Imams, he said that the objectives, principles and values of the Islamic ruling system are divine. |
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| | Defector Says Iran Played Role in 9/11 |
| | Present were all five members of the Leadership Council, Zakeri says: Khameini, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and ayatollahs Mohammad Yazdi, Mahdavi Kani and Ali Meshkini. | | | Zakeri backed up his account of the two meetings between al-Qaeda and Iran with a document signed by Hojjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, who heads the Ministry of Information and Security (MOIS) for Khameini. | | | The defector, Hamid Reza Zakeri, says he worked in the intelligence office of Supreme Leader Ali Khameini and personally handled security at two meetings in Iran between top al-Qaeda operatives and Iranian officials just months before Sept. 11. |
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| | Ali Meshkini: Information From Answers.com |
| | Ayatollah Ali Meshkini is an Iranian cleric and politician. | | | It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer) | | | Ali Meshkini is mentioned in the following topics: |
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| | AhlulBayt Discussion Forum -> Whole World Now Chants: Death to America! |
| | The Leader also said that there has been failure to confirm the qualification of several candidates who could run for election, but, the people did not vote for them either. | | | (descendant of Ali) by the name of Ruhollah Khomeini whom, by his own admission, felt "nothing" towards his country and nation, and whose only goal was to satisfy his personal vengeance and create a platform for spreading his Stone Age ideas within the framework of an Islamic world order. | | | In a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts at the end of their two-day gathering, the Supreme Leader said that officials in charge of the Islamic Republic are expected to observe the Islamic criteria in carrying out their duty and prove the e fficiency of the system of government. |
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| | Persia Daily |
| | By NAHID SIAMDOUST/TEHRAN Two days after Iran's parliamentary elections, the country's first vice-president Ali Abtahi posted a surprise warning on his personal web site. | | | The conservatives who won Iran's skewed elections claim to be a new breed. | | | Anyone who is exposed to American media will find many references to Shiites... |
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| | Ali Karimi - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Ali Karimi |
| | Ali-Mohammad Karimi-Pashaki (born November 8, 1978) usually known as Ali Karimi (علی کریمی in Persian and Arabic) is an Iranian football player, and is current Asian Player of the Year. | | | Karimi, in 2004 was given the prestigious Asian Player of the Year, like his fellow Iranians, Mehdi Mahdavikia in 2003, Ali Daei in 1999 and the very diminuitive Khododad Azizi in 1996. | | | He is generally regarded as the best player in Asia, along with team mate, Mehdi Mahdavikia. |
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| | They dont want Iran to attain industrial and economic development while the country seeks justice and freedom in the international community," the Supreme Leader said. | | | Prior to the Supreme Leaders remarks, Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Ali Meshkini said that the Friday Prayers leaders are the teachers of ethics who shoulder heavy burden, so they should respect piety and sincerity. | | | Tehran, Oct 6 - In a meeting with the Friday Prayers leaders from across the country Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that the Islamic Republic is dependent upon the faith, awareness and determination of the people. |
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| | MEMRI TV |
| | Ayatollah Meshkini in a Friday Sermon at Qom: Pray that God Ends the Lives of Bush, Blair and Sharon Soon. | | | Ayatollah 'Ali Meshkini: As an Iranian cleric I consider our statesmen and leaders to be part of the regime and I respect them. | | | Death to those who oppose the rule of the jurisprudence. |
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| | Currently, most members of the assembly are conservatives, so the assembly is usually considered as a threat to the ongoing reform movement. | | | See also: Assembly of Experts, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Meshkini, Ayatollah, Conservative, Fiqh, Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, Government, Guardian Council | | | It is currently chaired by Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, deputied by Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini. |
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| | Iran should continue nuclear activities if Europe is uncommitted: Ayatollah Meshkini - Irna |
| | Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 13th official session of the third term of the Assembly of Experts, Meshkini added the Iranian government should not be deceived by incentives and feel no fear over threats. | | | Meshkini pointed to recent developments in Lebanon and said the Assembly of Experts appreciates the Lebanese unity and move to fight against arrogance. | | | Chairman of the Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Ali Meshkini said here Tuesday that the Iranian government should continue its peaceful nuclear activities independently if Europe refuses to undertake its promises. |
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| | AhlulBayt Discussion Forum > Ayatullah Meshkini (ha) : Iraqi's should follow |
| | Ayatollah 'Ali Meshkini: The government of Libya-- listen closely to my next sentence-- surrendered to America after a long struggle. | | | Meshkini, I completely agree with what he said here and support him on that. | | | Feb 8 2005, 01:27 PM The following are excerpts from the Friday sermon in Qom by Ayatollah 'Ali Meshkini, the head of the Iranian Assembly of Experts. |
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| | Talk:Ruhollah Khomeini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | That is the case with almost any famous cleric: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was born in Rafsanjan, so he is calling himself that instead of "Hashemi Bahramani". | | | Same with Ali Meshkini, Ali al-Sistani, Mahmoud Taleghani, almost every Ayatollah. | | | It's the tradition of Iranian clerics to choose a city they belong to or have spent lots of their time there as their surname. |
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| | Only clerics can join the assembly and candidates for election are vetted by the Guardian Council. | | | The assembly is dominated by conservatives such as its chairman, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini. |
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| | RFE/RL'S PERSIAN SERVICE |
| | Meshkini had said that only members of the Experts Assembly, and not the public, are endowed with the power to "discover" the person whom God has appointed to the leadership of the Islamic Republic. | | | * In an open letter to Grand Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, head of the Leadership Experts Assembly (Majles-e Khobregan-e Rahbari), which oversees the conduct of the Leader of Islamic Republic, prominent Qum cleric Jafar Mohaqeq-Damad criticized Meshkini's assertion that God appoints the Leader. | | | These Shiite seminarians say some of the widely inflated interpretations of the Leader's role in society assume powers for the Leader that even the Hidden Imam, considered by Shiites as the True Sovereign, does not have. |
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| | Khamenei: Freedom in Islam different from Western concept |
| | Prior to the Leader's remarks, Speaker of Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Ali Meshkini presented a report on the simple life led by Friday Prayers leaders. | | | In a meeting with Friday prayers leaders nationwide, the Supreme Leader said freedom in Islam is a concept different from that of the Western community and the Western freedom should not find its way into the Iranian community. | | | The Leader said there is no doubt that the enemy's conspiracy on cultural inroad is doomed to failure. |
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| | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | | | Set of short reports, including: Assembly of Imam's Path Forces to act as government critics, says member. | | | They include members of various committees who comment on proposed ministers, and MPs' expectations of ministers in areas like health, education, interior, economy or energy. |
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| | IranianVoice.org - ARREST OF STUDENTS LEADERS CONFIRMED |
| | The arrests took place even though the students had put off their daily protests at university campuses while the Judiciary would decide on the death of Mr. | | | Ayatollah Ali Khameneh'i, reported to be under intense pressures from the ultra conservatives, also had warned the students to put off their protest movement or face the intervention of popular forces, meaning basij volunteers and thugs of Ansar Hezbollah. | | | All the named students had been very vocal in the last three weeks of student’s protests movement, talking frequently with foreign-based radio stations with services in Farsi, like the BBC, the RFI, Voice of America or Radio Free Europe. |
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http://www.a-listonline.com/iran/html/article626.html
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| | Compilation of Imam Ali's Words and the Classification of Nahj al-Balaghah Imam Reza (A.S.) Network |
| | But Razi, as he says in his introduction to Nahj al-Balaghah, had not collected all that was said by Imam 'Ali (A.S.), since it was difficult for him to have access to all that was related from Amir al-Mu'minin (A.S.). | | | Ibn Abi al-Hadid Mu'tazili (d: 655): In his voluminous commentary on Nahj al-Balaghah, he has selected 1,000 sayings of Imam 'Ali (A.S.) that were not mentioned by Sayyid Razi. | | | According to the bibliographical works, centuries before Sayyid Razi compiled his magnum opus Nahj al-Balaghah, several scholars had collected in book-form the sayings and judgements of Imam Ali (A.S.). |
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http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=3537
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| | Iran: Women |
| | Perceptions of Gender Roles Among Female Iranian Immigrants in the United States-by Ali Akbar Mahdi | | | Marziyeh Meshkini's "The Day I Became a Woman" (The Independent) | | | Women in the Gathas and the later Avesta (CAIS)-by By Dr Mobed Ali A. Jafari |
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http://www.parstimes.com/women
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| | Nuclear Weapons - Iranian Statements |
| | Rafsanjani spoke at the Qods Day (Jerusalem Day) rallies are held on the last Friday of Ramadan, which in 2001 fell on 14 December. | | | However, in a February 1987 address to Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, President Ali Khamene'i stated: "Regarding atomic energy, we need it now... | | | "You should make the world understand that Israel is the oppressor and that Israel must be destroyed," Ayatollah Ali Meshkini said during the nationally televised 8 December Friday Prayers in Qom. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/nuke2.htm
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| | IranianVoice.org - FOUR OF THE EIGHT DETAINED STUDENTS FREED |
| | TEHRAN 27 Nov. (IPS) Four of the several students detained Tuesday were released early Wednesday morning, but were told to be ready for further investigation on Saturday to face charges, including insulting Islamic religious values and acting against national security, the official Iranian news agency IRNA said. | | | In fact, the (protesting) students are dancing with American music and are drunk with the smell of promised dollars", had said Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, the Friday Preacher of the central city of Qom and a close associate of the leader. | | | The surprise roundup and the quick release of the students were seen as a warning by the conservatives to the students that if they continue with their protest movement, they would face prison. |
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http://www.iranianvoice.org/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=629
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