Iran's leader appoints new members to cultural council
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{{date|May 7, 2007}}
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The Supreme Leader of [[Iran]], [[Ali Khamenei]], appointed 22 members to the main body that determines the cultural policy of Iran.  The body is known as the [[w:Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980-1987|Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution]].

Khamenei's [[w:decree|decree]] allows the appointees to serve for three years on the cultural council.  Appointees like Ahmad Jannati, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, and the others are long-time allies of Khamenei.  Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel's daughter is married to one of Khamenei's sons. 

# (Secretary of the [[w:Guardian Council|Guardian Council]]) Haj Sheikh [[w:Ahmad Jannati|Ahmad Jannati]] 
# ([[w:Majlis of Iran|Majlis Speaker]]) [[w:Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel|Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel]] 
# (Former [[w:Vice President of Iran|Vice-President]]) [[w:Hassan Habibi|Hassan Habibi]] 
# (Former Prime Minister) [[w:Mir-Hossein Mousavi|Mir-Hossein Moussavi]] 
# [[w:Ahmad Ahmadi (philosopher)|Ahmad Ahmadi]] 
# [[w:Ali Shariatmadari|Ali Shariatmadari]] 
# [[w:Reza Davari Ardakani|Reza Davari]] 
# (Former Foreign Minister and Leadership Advisor for Foreign and International Affairs) [[w:Ali-Akbar Velayati|Ali-Akbar Velayati]] 
# Iraj Fazel 
# (Former Vice-President) [[w:Mohammad-Reza Aref|Mohammad-Reza Aref]] 
# Mehdi Golshani 
# (Top nuclear negotiator and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council) [[Ali Larijani]]
# Ali-Reza Sadr-Hosseini 
# Mohammad-Ali Keynejad 
# Mohsen Ghomi 
# Hassan Rahimpour
# Mohammad-Reza Mokhber 
# Sadeq Vaezzadeh 
# Ali-Akbar Sadeqi-Rashad 
# (Head of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization) Mahmoud Mohammadi Araqi 
# (Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology for Education) Mansour Kabkanian 
# (Member of Board of Instructors of [[w:University of Tehran|Tehran University]]'s Faculty of Social Sciences) Hossein Kachuian.

The cultural council has to ensure that Iran can counter the Western culture with [[Islam]] and works closely with the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance. 
==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0705063201184531.htm |title=Supreme Leader names 22 members of High Council for Cultural Revolution
|author=
|pub=Islamic Republic News Agency
|date=May 7, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/07/may/1063.html
|title=Iran: 22 members of High Council for Cultural Revolution appointed by Supreme Leader |author=
|pub=Payvand News
|date=May 6, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=8917&sectionid=351020101
|title=Leader appoints SCCR members
|author=
|pub=PRESS TV
|date=May 6, 2007}}

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The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, appointed 22 members to the main body that determines the cultural policy of Iran.  The body is known as the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

Khamenei's decree allows the appointees to serve for three years on the cultural council.  Appointees like Ahmad Jannati, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, and the others are long-time allies of Khamenei.  Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel's daughter is married to one of Khamenei's sons. 

# (Secretary of the Guardian Council) Haj Sheikh Ahmad Jannati 
# (Majlis Speaker) Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel 
# (Former Vice-President) Hassan Habibi 
# (Former Prime Minister) Mir-Hossein Moussavi 
# Ahmad Ahmadi 
# Ali Shariatmadari 
# Reza Davari 
# (Former Foreign Minister and Leadership Advisor for Foreign and International Affairs) Ali-Akbar Velayati 
# Iraj Fazel 
# (Former Vice-President) Mohammad-Reza Aref 
# Mehdi Golshani 
# (Top nuclear negotiator and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council) Ali Larijani
# Ali-Reza Sadr-Hosseini 
# Mohammad-Ali Keynejad 
# Mohsen Ghomi 
# Hassan Rahimpour
# Mohammad-Reza Mokhber 
# Sadeq Vaezzadeh 
# Ali-Akbar Sadeqi-Rashad 
# (Head of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization) Mahmoud Mohammadi Araqi 
# (Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology for Education) Mansour Kabkanian 
# (Member of Board of Instructors of Tehran University's Faculty of Social Sciences) Hossein Kachuian.

The cultural council has to ensure that Iran can counter the Western culture with Islam and works closely with the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance.
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