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Forward
April 14, 2018
It also says he's the “the Executive Producer of a film called Sugar about the growing homelessness crisis in Los Angeles,” and says he's served “for the past 16 years on the Council of Guardians for Aviva Family and Children's Services,” a non-profit that helps at-risk youth. Broidy is not currently listed onÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
February 10, 2018
Just a year before the “final victory” on 11 February some of the mullahs who emerged as grandees of the revolution, among them Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati who now heads the all-powerful Council of Guardians of the Islamic Constitution, were kissing the Shah's hands during audiences for clerics.
Arab News
February 9, 2018
11, some of the mullahs who emerged as grandees of the revolution, among them Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati — who now heads the all-powerful Council of Guardians of the Islamic Constitution — were kissing the shah's hands during audiences for clerics. Other grandees of the revolution, such as HojatÃâà...
Monthly Review
February 1, 2018
Plato proposes in the Laws as his own solution in Magnesia the institution of what he calls the “Nocturnal Council” of guardians in order to secure the stipulated permanency of his ideal state and its laws. He argues about the existing and by him rejected states that “Where there are no efficient and articulateÃâà...
CBBC Newsround
January 4, 2018
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Middle Eastern country of Iran to protest against the country's government. They are the largest anti-government protests to have taken place in the country since 2009. The unrest started on Thursday 28 December in the north-eastern city of MashhadÃâà...
Gotham Gazette
December 19, 2017
The second bill, sponsored by Council Member Ritchie Torres, was opposed by over 200 community organizations, all five public defender offices, 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, the National Latino Officers Association, and the Grand Council of Guardians. This legislation, known as the policeÃâà...
Gotham Gazette
December 19, 2017
The second bill, sponsored by Council Member Ritchie Torres, was opposed by over 200 community organizations, all five public defender offices, 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, the National Latino Officers Association, and the Grand Council of Guardians. This legislation, known as the policeÃâà...
International Policy Digest
November 16, 2017
The election of M. Niknam was deemed by the Council of Guardians contrary to what appears to be the spirit of Iran's Constitution, most likely Article 4: “All civil, penal financial, economic, administrative, cultural, military, political, and other laws and regulations must be based on Islamic criteria. This principleÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
August 14, 2017
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, a prominent cleric and politician, has been appointed chairman of Iran's influential Expediency Discernment Council (EDC), Iran's official IRNA news agency reported Monday. Shahroudi replaces Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who served as president of Iran for two terms (fromÃâà...
Daily Times
August 6, 2017
These attributes are determined by the Council of Guardians comprising six religious clerics and six lawyers, chosen by the Supreme Leader at the time of the candidacy. The best chance for reform therefore is a reformist cleric. Former President Ahmadinejad was not a cleric but he was no reformist either.
The Atlantic
May 18, 2017
Originally, six candidates were approved by the Council of Guardians, a body composed of six senior clerics named by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and six laymen (who must also be experts in Islamic law) selected by the Majlis, or parliament. The council is empowered to decide who will beÃâà...
The New York Review of Books
May 3, 2017
The Iranian election campaign has been dominated by speculation over whether or not the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, favors one of Rouhani's opponents—only the president and five other candidates have been cleared to stand by the Council of Guardians, a vetting body that also doublesÃâà...
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