Council for Spreading Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts

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

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