Iranian lawmakers voted for Gholam-Reza Molabeigi as a new jurist member of the Constitutional Council, the country’s top supervisory and legislative body.

Secretary of the Constitutional Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said the US embassy takeover by Iranian youth and students in 1979 shattered the US’s delusions of grandeur and hegemony.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the importance of the unity of Muslims, describing Muslim unity as a "definite duty and a Qur'anic order".

Secretary of the Constitutional Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati warned that the Islamic world’s problems have been imposed by the foreign powers, called for unity among the Muslim nations, and welcomed the negotiations and proximity of views between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

The Constitutional Council’s board members held a meeting on November 12, 2008 and reached a unanimous interpretive opinion about Article 69 of the Constitution.

The Constitutional Council held a meeting on July 20, 1994 during which board members reached a unanimous interpretive opinion about Article 35 of the Constitution.

The Constitutional Council held a meeting in 1998 during which then board members reached a unanimous interpretive opinion about Article 27 of the Constitution.

The Constitutional Council’s board members held a meeting on July 4, 2007 and reached a unanimous interpretive opinion about Articles 4, 91, and 99 of the Constitution.

Constitutional Council's spokesman Hadi Tahan-Nazif held a news briefing at 11:00 a.m. (local time) in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, the body's public relations office said.