Head of Expediency Discernment Council:‎

Contemplation on the uprising of Imam al-Husayn requires the Islamic societies and all the ‎seekers of freedom of the world

Rasa – Ayatollah Movahedi-Kermani expressed the need for Islamic societies and all the ‎freedom-loving people of the world to contemplate upon the uprising of Imam al-Husayn ‎and said, “The deep understanding of this truth in the system of existence has a great value ‎and for this, we must pass on our lives, wealth, children and all material privileges.”‎

News ID: 439573

Date: 17 September 2018 - 18:50

RNA – According to Rasa News Agency, Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council met today in ‎Tehran.‎

Speaking during the meeting, Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani, the chairman of ‎the council, offered his condolences on the upcoming solemn days of Tasu’a and Ashura, ‎which mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-Husayn, and expressed the need for ‎Islamic societies and all the freedom-loving people of the world to contemplate upon the ‎uprising of Imam al-Husayn and said, “The deep understanding of this truth in the system of ‎existence has a great value and for this, we must pass on our lives, wealth, children and all ‎material privileges. It’s one of the important goals of commemorating the events of Karbala ‎and is a great value of divine worship and a commitment to religion and divine duties.”‎

The provisional Friday prayer leader of Tehran added, “The profound understanding and true ‎knowledge of the audience of the message of the ‘Chief and Leader of the Martyrs’ [Imam ‎al-Husayn] about his uprising will lead to the giving of one’s life and wealth on the battle ‎between truth and falsehood at any time and place. If this success was provided to anyone, ‎we will attain the ‘praiseworthy status’ which we ask God Almighty for in Ziyarat Ashura.”‎

According to Rasa News Agency, following the meeting on Note 1 of Article 5 of the “Bill on the ‎Protection and Utilization of the Genetic Resources of the Country,” there was a ‎disagreement between the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Guardian Council, which, ‎after discussing and examining agreeing and opposing opinions, the members of the ‎Expediency Discernment Council accepted the opinion of the Islamic Consultative Assembly ‎as beneficial and it was approved with more than two-thirds of the vote for ten years.‎

According to this note, genetic resources with new specifications, based on the processes of ‎eugenics and genetic manipulation, are subject to the provisions of this law and other ‎intellectual property laws and through trusted institutions, the subject of Article 3 of this law ‎can be registered and this registration is intellectual property.‎

The Expediency Discernment Council of the System is an administrative assembly appointed ‎by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and was created upon the revision to the ‎Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 6, 1988. It seeks to resolve ‎differences or conflicts between the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Guardian Council.‎

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