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Expediency Discernment Council

Expediency Discernment Council Members (2015) members of the eighth period
Position	Title	Name
Legal Entities
Chairman	Ayatollah	Hajj Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi
secretariat		Mohsen Rezaei
		Haj Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi
		Haj Sheikh Ahmad Jannati
		Amini Najafabadi
		Movahedi Kermani
		Nategh Nouri
		Hajj Sheikh Hassan Sanei
		Mohseni Ejehi
		Mojtahed Shabestari
		Sayed Ebrahim Raissi,
		Dare Najafabadi Mhmdyraqy
		Majid Ansari
		Mesbahim Ghadam

Real Entities
		Gholamreza Aghazadeh
		Ali Aghamohammadi
		Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
		Mohammad Jawad Iravani
		Mohammad Reza Bahonar
		Ahmad Tavakoli,
		Saeed Jalili
		Gholamali Haddad Adel
		Davood Daneshfari
		Parviz Davoudi
		Mohsen Rezaei
		Seyyed Mohammad Sadr
		Mohammad Hossein Safararandi
		Mohammad Reza Aref
		Mohammad Forouzandeh,
		Seyyed Hasan Firouzabadi
		Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf
		Hossein Mohammadi,
		Hossein Mozaffar
		Seyyed Mostafa Mirsalim
		Seyed Mohammad Mir Mohammadi,
		Seyed Morteza Nabavi
		Ali Akbar Velayati
		Sadeq Vaezzadeh
		Ahmad Vahidi

Expediency Discernment Council Members (2010) members of the seventh period
Position	Title	Name
Legal Entities
Chairman	Ayatollah	Hajj Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi
		Hajj Sheikh Ahmad Jannati
		Vaezi Tabasi
		Amini Najafabadi
		Seyed Mohammad Hashemi Shahroudi
		Movahedi Kermani
		Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri
		Hajj Sheikh Hassan Sanei
		Hassan Rouhani
		Qorban Ali Dari Najafabadi
		Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei
		Mahmoud Mohammadi Araghi
		Gholam Reza Mesbahi Moghadam
		Majid Ansari

Real Entities
Gholamreza Aghazadeh
		Ali Agha Mohammadi
		Mohammad Javad Iravani
		Mohammad Reza Bahonar
		Gholam Ali Haddad Adel
		Hassan Habibi (February 12, 2012)
		Davood Danesh Jafari
		Parviz Davoudi
		Mohsen Rezai
		Mohammad Hossein Saffarahrandi
		Habibollah Asghar Oladi
		Mohammad Reza Aref
		Mohammad Foruzandeh
		Seyyed Hasan Firouzabadi
		Ali Larijani
		Hossein Mozaffar
		Hossein Mohammadi
		Seyyed Mostafa
		Seyed Morteza Nabavi
		Ali Akbar Velayati
		Sadeq Vaezzadeh
		Ahmad Vahid

Expediency Discernment Council Members (2005) members of the sixth period
Chairman	Hojjatoleslam	Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar
		Jannati
		Vaeed Tabasi
		Amini Najafabadi
		Haddad Adel
		Emami Kashani
		Movahedi Kermani
		Hassan Habibi
		Mir Hossein Mousavi
		Ali Akbar Velayati
		Dari Najafabadi
		Mohammad Reeshri
		Haj Shaykh Hassan Sanei
		Hassan Rouhani
		Habibollah Askaroladi
		Ali Larijani
		Mohammad Reza Bahonar
		Majid Ansari
		Seyyed Mostafi Mirsalim
		Tavassoli Mahallati
		Seyed Morteza Nabavi
		Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri
		Seyed Hassan Firoozabadi
		Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh
		Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
		Mohsen Rezai
		Hossein Mozaffar
		Moh D-Hashemi
		Mohammad Reza Aref, Mohammad Javad Iravani
		Parviz Davoudi
		Gholamhossein Mohseni
		Ali Agha Mohammad
		Mohammad phosphors
		Davoud Danesh-Jafar

Expediency Discernment Council Members (2000) members of the fifth period
Position	Title	Name
Legal Entities
Chairman	Hojjatoleslam	Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar
President	Hojjatoleslam	Khatami, Mohammad
Judiciary Chief	Ayatollah	Hashemi Shahroudi, Mahmoudd
Majlis Speaker	Hojjatoleslam	Nateq Nouri, Ali Akbar
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Ostadi, Reza
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Jannati, Ahmad
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Mo'men, Mohammad
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Taheri Khoram-Abadi, Hasan
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Rezvani, Gholamreza
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Yazdi, Mohammad
The minister concerned depending on the subject under discussion
Real Entities
	Ayatollah	Mahdavi Kani, Mohammad Reza
	Ayatollah	Amini Najafabadi, Ibrahim
	Hojjatoleslam	Vaez Tabasi, Abbas
	Ayatollah	Emami Kashani, Mohammad
		Mousavi, Mir Hussein
		Velayati, Ali Akbar
	Hojjatoleslam	Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad
	Hojjatoleslam	Sane'i, Hassan
	Hojjatoleslam	Fereidoun Rowhani, Hassan
	Hojjatoleslam	Mousavi Khoeiniha, Mohammad
		Asgar Owladi, Habibollah
	Hojjatoleslam	Dorri Najafabadi, Qorbanali
		Larijani, Ali
		Mirsalim, Mostafa
	Ayatollah	Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammadreza
	Hojjatoleslam	Nouri, Abdullah
		Nabavi, Morteza
	Lt General	Firouzabadi, Hassan
		Aqazadeh, Gholamreza
		Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan
		Hashemi, Mohammad
		Nourbakhsh, Mohsen
		Habibi, Hassan Ibrahim

Expediency Discernment Council Members (1997) members of the fourth period
Position	Title	Name
Legal Entities
Chairman	Hojjatoleslam	Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar
President	Hojjatoleslam	Khatami, Mohammad
Judiciary Chief	Ayatollah	Hashemi Shahroudi, Mahmoudd
Majlis Speaker	Hojjatoleslam	Karrubi, Mahdi
Member of Guardians Council	Hojjatoleslam	Ardeshir Larijani, Sadeq
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Jannati, Ahmad
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Mo'men, Mohammad
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Qadiri, Mohammad Hasan
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Rezvani, Gholamreza
Member of Guardians Council	Ayatollah	Yazdi, Mohammad
The minister concerned depending on the subject under discussion
Real Entities
		Aaref, Mohammad Reza
	Ayatollah	Amini Najafabadi, Ebrahim
		Ansari, Majid
		Aqazadeh, Gholamreza
		Asgar Owladi, Habibollah
		Bahonar, Mohammad Reza
	Hojjatoleslam	Dorri Najafabadi, Qorbanali
		Eiravani, Mohammad Javad
	Ayatollah	Emami Kashani, Mohammad
	Hojjatoleslam	Fereidoun Rowhani, Hassan
	Lt. General	Firouzabadi, Hassan
		Habibi, Hassan Ebrahim
		Hadad Aadel, Gholam Ali
		Hashemi, Mohammad
		Larijani, Ali
		Mirsalim, Mostafa
	Hojjatoleslam	Mohammadi Reyshahri, Mohammad
		Mousavi, Mir Hussein
		Mozafar, Hossein
		Nabavi, Morteza
		Namdar Zanganeh, Bijan
		Nateq Nouri, Ali Akbar
	Hojjatoleslam	Sane'i, Hassan
	Ayatollah	Tavassoli Mahallati, Mohammadreza
	Hojjatoleslam	Vaez Tabasi, Abbas
		Velayati, Ali Akbar

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