Council for Spreading Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts

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The Council for Spreading President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts (Persian: شورای سیاست گذاری و نظارت بر انتشار آثار و اندیشه ‌های رییس جمهور) was an official high-council, established by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government in order to spread the philosophy, ideology and sociology of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.^[1]

The aim of the council was "to define and guard over the thought and works of the president," according to Ham-Mihan newspaper and the ISNA news agency.

Structure

The council is a government body composed of 15 members and headed by Abdol-Reza Sheikholeslami, secretary of the office of president. The members include:^[2]

Gholam Hossein Elham (Government's spokesmen)
Hossein Saffar Harandi (cultural minister)
Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi (advisor to the president)
Ruhollah Hosseinian (advisor to the president; died 2020)
Haj Ali-Akbari
Sadegh Mahsouli
Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi
Ali Motahhari
Ali Akbar Ash'ari
Ali-Akbar Javanfekr
Mohammad Ali Fathollahi
Mohammad Shafiee-far
Mohammad Jafar Behdad
Mojtaba Zarei (secretary of the council)

References

^ "Iran seeks to spread 'thought of Ahmadinejad' - Culture - Middle East Times". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
^ "رادیو زمانه | خبر اول | ایران | تعیین اعضای شورای اندیشه‌ها و آثار احمدی‌نژاد". Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-06-10.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Member of Expediency Discernment Council (2013–present) Ex officio member at Presidency Era • 6th President of Iran (2005–2013) • Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces (2005–2013) • 53rd Mayor of Tehran (2003–2005) • 1st Governor of Ardabil Province (1993–1997) •

28th Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement (2012–2013) • Chairperson of the ECO (2009–2010) • Chairperson of the Group of 15 (2006–2010)

Life and politics