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Islamic Development Organization

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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

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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

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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 3 April 1989.[10]

Chiefs

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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 organization's first head.[15] He was succeeded by Mahmoud Mohammadi Araghi for ten years, followed by Seyyed Mahdi Khamoushi and Mohammad Qomi.[16][17][18]

Goals

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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

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ِDuties

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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

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References

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  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. ^ "عکس/ دیدار جمعی از مسئولین سازمان تبلیغات با رهبر انقلاب". Mashregh News (in Persian). January 18, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "مدیرکل تبلیغات اسلامی استان اصفهان: سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی نیازمند تحول است - تسنیم". Tasnim News. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  13. ^ "رئیس سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی: خدمت به مردم مرزبندی نمی‌شناسد - تسنیم". Tasnim News (in Persian). Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "مدیر کل امور بانوان سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی: استفاده از خلاقیت هنری در تبلیغ و گزاره‌های دینی - تسنیم". Tasnim News (in Persian). Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  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]website= 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 (in Persian). Retrieved 4 Feb 2019.
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