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Leader prays for body of deceased Ayat. Shahroudi

reporter 1222 — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 06:45:43 +0000

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei led mass prayers for the body of the deceased Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, in Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, on Wednesday morning.

The funeral procession of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi started at 8 am (Local Time) in Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on Tuesday.

The procession was attended by huge crowd of people, the heads of the three branches, top governmental, clerical and the army officials.

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi passed away at Khatamolanbia Hospital in Tehran on Sunday at the age of 70 due to a digestive system problem late on Monday. The health condition of Ayatollah Shahroudi had turned worse since Sunday, and he was in the intensive care unit of for a digestive system problem; he had not attended Expediency Council’s sessions since mid-summer and EDC Secretary, as recommended by doctors. The senior cleric was appointed by Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei as chairman of Expediency Council in 2017.

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Leader sends condolences over Ayatollah Shahroudi’s demise

reporter 1222 — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 08:45:50 +0000

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences over the demise of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

In his message on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed grief over the demise of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi suffering from a long-standing painful illness.

The Leader also condoled with Ayatollah Shahroudi’s wife, children, and the rest of his family, wishing God’s mercy and forgiveness for the deceased cleric.

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Shahroudi says Expediency Council’s policies to undergo revision

reporter 1222 — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 08:00:03 +0000

TEHRAN – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said on Wednesday that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a review of the council’s policies.

In a decree, the Leader highlighted the necessity of reviewing the council’s policies, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi said, Tasnim reported.

He added the council is tasked with drawing up macro policies and giving advice to the Leader on important issues.

The ayatollah also said so far the Expediency Council has examined 217 disagreements between the parliament and the Guardian Council.

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Ayt. Shahroudi warns world not to follow US

reporter 1222 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:25:00 +0000

Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, the Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, said that Iran is abiding by the JCPOA and the world should not follow US in leaving the agreement.
“The countries of the world should not be afraid of US,” said Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council.

The cleric made the remarks while meeting with Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz in Tehran on Tuesday.

They exchanged views on the bilateral ties between the two countries and the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in regards to regional and international developments.

“We expect to see good cooperation between Iran and Austria to solve the issues of the world of today and the problems of the region including terrorism because today terror and terrorism have seriously troubled the world,” said the Iranian official after describing the positions undertaken by Austria in dealing with international issues as wise and prudent.

“In the case of the JCPOA, the Islamic Republic of Iran proved it is committed to its obligations stipulated in the agreement but the other side has breached the agreement in regards to some things like monetary and banking issues,” said the Grand Ayatollah, after describing the US as an irresponsible signatory of the Iran nuclear agreement.

Representatives of Iran, US, UK, Russia, China, France, Germany, and the EU signed a treaty on July 14, 2015, in Vienna of Austria which was titled as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), AKA the Iran nuclear deal.

“Today it has been proved to all the world that US is following the Zionists in doing such acts of unwise and unjust nature and we are witnessing that everybody is protesting against this unthoughtful and ignorant decision,” said Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi touching upon the recent measure of trump announcing al-Quds as the capital of the “Israeli regime.”

“Thank God, all countries of the world has denounced this US measure in a way and we expect them not to be afraid of US,” said the Iranian official.

“Also we expect to see the same thing about the JCPOA and the countries of the world not to follow US and let relations grow to expand common interests,” reassured the Iranian official.

The Austrian envoy to Tehran, for his part, referred to 500 year old relations between Iran and Austria and voiced hope for expansion of ties.

“Austria, in the course of history, has always remained as an accompanying country with the Iranian nation and we hope to have more cooperation in diverse areas, as Austrian companies are willing to have a more active presence in Iranian industry and trade,” he said.

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