Expediency Discernment Council مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Advisory council |
| Leadership | |
Chairperson | Sadeq Larijani since 30 December 2018 |
Secretary | Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr since 19 September 2021 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 35+13 |
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| Website | |
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| Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
The Expediency Discernment Council of the System[1] (Persian: مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام Majma'-e Tašxis-e Maslahat-e Nezâm) is an administrative assembly of Iran appointed by the Supreme Leader[2] and was created upon the revision to the Constitution on 6 February 1988.[3] It was originally set up to resolve differences or conflicts between the Majlis and the Guardian Council, 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.[4]
Members of the council are chosen by the Supreme Leader every five years.[5]
- ^ مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Expediency Council BBC News
- ^ Foreign press and media department Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Majd, Hooman, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran, Doubleday, 2008, pp. 246-7.
- ^ "Islamic Republic of Iran Expediency Discernment Council of the System". Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-07-05.