Leader Assigns New Cleric to Iran’s Guardian Council
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed a new member to the Guardian Council’s board of Fuqaha (Islamic jurists) after one of its long-serving members resigned because of poor health.
In a decree on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ahmad Khatami as the new member of the Guardian Council’s board of Fuqaha. He will replace Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi in the council.
The Leader also paid tribute to Ayatollah Yazdi, who has resigned from the council due to physical problems and aging after years of “valuable service” to the Islamic Republic in various posts.
The Guardian Council is a constitutionally mandated 12-member council in Iran that, among other things, is tasked with ensuring the compatibility of the legislation passed by the parliament with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution.
