Expediency Discernment Council

Type: Organization

Name: Expediency Discernment Council (Expediency Council, State Expediency Council, State Expediency Council of the System, Majma-e Tashkhis-e Nezam)

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Expediency Discernment Council

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Rafsanjani Is No Iranian Reformer

This week sparked renewed interest in the 2013 presidential election in Iran. Candidates, real and imaginary, flocked to register ahead of the May 11 deadline. Now it's up to the Guardian Council -- the powerful 12-member body that presides over Iran's ... [Published RealClearWorld - May 15 2013]

Entities: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Ballots highly standard, secure

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – The Expediency Discernment Council spokesman says voting ballots enjoy high standards of security and quality.Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, who is also a member of Central Supervisory Board for 2013 Presidential Elections, said the ballots ... [Published Mehr News - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Expediency Discernment Council, Security, Executioner, Elections

First reported Jan 20 2013 - Updated Jan 20 2013 - 1 reports

Spotlight on Iran -"The poisoned chalice discourse"

On January 19 the official website of Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council, posted the contents of a speech given by Rafsanjani at a gathering of Revolutionary Guards commanders in 1988. ... [Published ITIC - Jan 20 2013]

Entities: Poison, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran, Expediency Discernment Council

First reported Jan 20 2013 - Updated Jan 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mohsen Rezai

A timely reminder: Iran wants the bomb

(Scott Johnson) Ahmad Hashemi worked for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an English, Turkish and occasionally Arabic interpreter. He is now a refugee from the regime. The Times of Israel has posted Hashemi’s testimony regarding the aims ... [Published Power Line - Jan 20 2013]

Entities: Mohsen Rezai, Ahmad Hashemi, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, Iran, Bomb

Quotes

...establishment and the current ultra-conservative president Ahmadinejad and has often criticized his economic mismanagement, stating that when Iran "was making profits from high oil prices, had he (Ahmadinejad) ever considered a situation when prices would fall?" . Some Iranian reformers, who favor improving ties with the West and loosening restrictions at home, see Mousavi's candidacy as a strong opportunity...

Biography for Mir Hossein Mousavi [Published Silobreaker - Jun 11 2009]

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Rafsanjani Is No Iranian Reformer [Published RealClearWorld - May 15 2013]
Ballots highly standard, secure [Published Mehr News - Apr 30 2013]
Spotlight on Iran -"The poisoned chalice discou... [Published ITIC - Jan 20 2013]
A timely reminder: Iran wants the bomb [Published Power Line - Jan 20 2013]
Biography for Mir Hossein Mousavi [Published Silobreaker - Jun 11 2009]
Biography for Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel [Published Able2Act - Oct 03 2007]
Fact Sheet for Expediency Discernment Council [Published Able2Act - May 15 2007]
Biography for Mehdi Karrubi [Published Able2Act - May 11 2007]
Biography for Mohammad Hashemi [Published Able2Act - May 11 2007]
Biography for Mohsen Rezai [Published Able2Act - Sep 18 2006]
Biography for Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani [Published Able2Act - Sep 08 2006]

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A timely reminder: Iran wants the bomb [Published Power Line - Jan 20 2013] (Scott Johnson) Ahmad Hashemi worked for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an English, Turkish and occasionally Arabic interpreter. He is now a refugee from the regime. The Times of Israel has posted Hashemi’s testimony regarding the aims ...