News ID: 118

Date: 04 September 2021 - 22:38

Leader appoints new cleric to Constitutional Council

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani as a new member to the Constitutional Council’s board of Fuqaha (Islamic jurists).

In a decree on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani as the new member of the Guardian Council’s board of Fuqaha following the resignation of Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani.

The full text of the decree is as follows:

In the Name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Your excellency, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Haj Sayyid Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani

Considering the fact that His Excellency Mr. Amoli has resigned from the Council of Guardians, I appoint you as a member of the Council of Guardians and ask God the Almighty for your success.

Sayyid Ali Khamenei

Sept. 4, 2021