Islamic Development Organization of Iran

The Islamic Development Organization (Persian: سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی ایران) is an Iranian religious and cultural organization.[1][2] It was created by Rouhollah Khomeini after the 1979 Revolution in Iran, and is under the supervision of the Supreme Leader.[3] This organization was originally created in the summer of 1982 to promote the ideologies of the Islamic Republic.[4]

History

It was formed after the revolution based on the decree of the 1st Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini.[5][6] in 1981.[7][8] The Organization is an independent legal entity managed by the supreme leader of Iran.[9]

Name

The initial name of the Islamic Development Organization was "The Institution of Islamic Development Council" (Persian: نهاد شورای عالی تبلیغات اسلامی). This was later changed to "Islamic Development Organization" on 3rd April 1989.[10]

Chiefs

Farewell ceremonies for the previous chief of the organization (left), and the referral of "Mohammad Qomi" (right)[11][12][13][14]

Ahmad Jannati was the first chief.[15] He was succeeded by Mahmoud Mohammadi Araghi for ten years, followed by Seyyed Mahdi Khamoushi and Mohammad Qomi.[16][17][18]

Goals

The goals of the Organization are:

  • Revive and promote Islam in all needed fields, and develop Islamic ethics among people, particularly youth.
  • Defend the principles of Islam, the Islamic republic system, and the Islamic revolution aims.
  • Quantitative and qualitative development of religious promotion.[19]

Dependent organizations

ِDuties

21 duties were approved by the board of trustees, including:

  • Policy making, planning, guidance, organizing, supporting, and supervising public religious promotion.
  • Revival and development of Shia education, culture and history.
  • Surveying "misleading advertising," and "cultural invasion" from political opponents.
  • Co-operation within ministries, governmental organizations (and other related institutions) in order to develop Islamic education and culture.
  • Founding of information centers in specialty, promotion and religious fields.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Religious formations of "Islamic development organization" iqna.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  2. ↑ Islamic development organization rasanews.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  3. ↑ Familiarity with the Islamic Development Organization hamshahrionline.ir
  4. ↑ Anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Development Organization hawzah.net
  5. ↑ The new constitution of Iran's Islamic development organization mehrnews.com Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  6. ↑ Knowing Islamic development organization hamshahrionline.ir Retrieved 3 Feb 2019
  7. ↑ Islamic development organization, in a nutshell dana.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  8. ↑ Founding of Islamic development organization (of Iran) by the order of Imam Khomeini todaytime.ir Retrieved2 Feb 2019
  9. ↑ Statute of Islamic development organization Archived 2019-05-10 at the Wayback Machine rc.majlis.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  10. ↑ founding anniversary of "Islamic development organization" hawzah.net Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  11. ↑ Photo/ A group meeting of the officials of the development organization with the leader of the revolution
  12. ↑ General Director of Islamic Propaganda of Isfahan Province: Islamic development Organization needs transformation
  13. ↑ Head of Islamic Development Organization: Serving the people knows no boundaries
  14. ↑ General Manager of Women's Affairs of the Islamic Propaganda Organization: Using artistic creativity in development and religious propositions
  15. ↑ Ayatollah Jannati, the (first) chief of the Islamic development organization imam-khomeini.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  16. ↑ Hujjatul-Islam Qomi, the --new-- chief of Islamic development organization Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine farsnews.com Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  17. ↑ The Chief of Islamic Development Organization, Mohammad Qomi mashreghnews.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  18. ↑ New Head of Islamic Development Organization Appointed Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine en.alkawthartv.com Retrieved 4 Feb 2019
  19. ↑ The new constitution of the Islamic development organization (of Iran) Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine farsnews.com Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
  20. ↑ Founding anniversary of "Islamic development organization" iqna.ir Retrieved 4 Feb 2019
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