Ayatollah Amoli Larijani

Expediency Council starts reviewing FATF bills: Larijani

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Expediency Council Chief revealed the beginning of reviewing Financial Action Task Force (FATF) bills at the Council.

EC strongly condemns insulting French papers to Holy Prophet

TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Expediency Council Chairman on Tuesday condemned insulting of French magazines to the Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (S) and called on Muslims to unite with one another against the anti-Islamism move.

Ayatollah Amoli Larijani:

Muslim states to disturb dream of normalization with Israelis

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Chairman of the expediency Council said that Muslim nations will disturb the dream of normalization of ties with the Zionist regime, referring to recent normalization of ties between the UAE and the Israeli regime.

Muslim countries must rush to help suffering Lebanese people

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – Expediency Council Chairman called on Muslim countries to stand up for helping the Lebanese government and suffering people of this country in the wake of the huge explosion in Beirut Port.

Senior Iranian officials cast vote in ballot box

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Iranian officials on Friday cast their ballot in the country's parliamentary election.

Iran needing national unity more than ever: EC chairman

TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said that Islamic Iran is in dire need of national unity, amity and empathy more than ever.

IRGC’s strong slap ‘beyond borders of American belief’

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Amoli Larijani said that a strong slap hit by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was beyond the borders of American belief.

CFT threat to national security, worse than JCPOA: Amoli Larijani

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Expressing his view about ratification of the bill on joining the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, the chairman of Iran's Expediency Council called CFT a major threat to Iran’s national security and worse than the nuclear deal, JCPOA.

EC head:

Islamic Republic standing more powerfully in pursuit of its goals

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said Wed. that Islamic Republic of Iran is standing stronger and more united than ever in pursuit of its goals and never gives in to bullying behavior of the enemies.

Leader appoints three religious jurists to Guardian Council

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in separate decrees, has appointed three religious jurists to the Guardian Council.

EC chairman:

Ayt. Khamenei has final say on Iran’s diplomacy

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani has praised the Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khamenei for his firm response to Donald Trump’s offer of talks.

EC head:

US waging psychological warfare to force Iranian people into surrender

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Sadeq Amoli Larijani says that the US recent behavior is aimed at forcing Iranian nation to lose hope and give up, stressing that resistance is the only way to confront the enemy.

EC head:

Patience with JCPOA does not indicate Iran's weakness

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Chairman of the Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani says that the US must know that the Islamic Establishment is stable and powerful, and its compliance with JCPOA does not indicate its weakness.

Iran to give appropriate response to any enemy moves: EC chief

TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – Chairman of the Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani says that the Iranian people and all institutions in the country support the IRGC, adding the US terrorist designation is doomed to failure.

Iran will not keep quiet about US’ acts on IRGC: Amoli Larijani

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said on Wednesday that Iran will not remain quiet about the US decision to enlist IRGC a terrorist group.

EC chief urges govt. officials to mobilize all facilities for helping flood-hit people

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani called on government and military officials to mobilize all facilities available for aiding flood-stricken people broke out in two provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran.

EC head criticizes Western media’s coverage of New Zealand attacks

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoil Larijani has criticized the Western countries’ double standards for failing to call the recent attacks on two New Zealand mosques as an act of ‘terrorism’.

Christchurch terror attack reveals ‘hypocrite’ face of West

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani condemned the Friday terrorist attack in New Zealand, criticizing the western countries for their hypocrisy.

Leader agrees to introduce new judiciary chief earlier than Larijani’s term finishes

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has agreed to introduce the new judiciary chief earlier than expected in response to letter from the its sitting chief.

Iranian top officials stress full implementation of ‘Leader’s Second Phase of Islamic Revolution’

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – The heads of three branches of Iranian government has called for the full implementation of the Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s Second Phase of Islamic Revolution, describing it as a roadmap for progress, solidifying the revolution and the Islamic Establishment in the next decade.

Iranian nation not to surrender to enemies: Judiciary cheif

TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said that massive rallies across the country bear many messages to enemies and the most important one is that the Iranian nation will not surrender to them.

Large number of convicts pardoned by Leader on 40th anniv. of Revolution

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – On the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution, the Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khamenei has pardoned the largest number of convicts.

Judiciary chief:

50,000 convicts to be pardoned on 40th anniv. of Islamic Revolution

TEHRAN, Feb. 04 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary Chief Amoli Larijani said 50,000 convicts will receive pardons from Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran’s judiciary chief condemns American coup attempt in Venezuela

TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has condemned the US administration failed coup attempt in Venezuela, saying that the attempt showed true face of the US and western governments’ calls for democracy and human rights.

Expediency Council leaves decision on Palermo bill to next session

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – The Expediency Council’s Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the final decision to the next session.