Leader Reinstates Judiciary Chief for Another Five-Year Term August 12, 2004
Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, in a letter on Thursday, August 12, reinstated Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi for another five-year term. The abridged text of the letter is as follows:
Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, in a letter on Thursday, August 12, reinstated Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi for another five-year term. The abridged text of the letter is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi,
Considering that your five-year term of office as head of the Judiciary, during which you rendered valuable services, has come to an end now, based on Article 157 of the Constitution, I hereby reinstate you as head of the Judiciary for another five-year term.
I pray to the Almighty for your further success in performing your tasks.
Sayyid Ali Khamene