The Islamic Development Organization (Persian: سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی ایران) is an Iranian religious and cultural organization. It was created by Rouhollah Khomeini after the 1979 Revolution in Iran, and is under the supervision of the Supreme Leader. This organization was originally created in the summer of 1982 to promote the ideologies of the Islamic Republic.
History
It was formed after the revolution based on the decree of the 1st Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini in 1981. The organization is an independent legal entity managed by the supreme leader of Iran.
Name
The initial name of the Islamic Development Organization was "The Institution of Islamic Development Council" (Persian: نهاد شورای عالی تبلیغات اسلامی). This was later changed to "Islamic Development Organization" on 3 April 1989.
Chiefs
Ahmad Jannati was the organization's first head. He was succeeded by Mahmoud Mohammadi Araghi for ten years, followed by Seyyed Mahdi Khamoushi and Mohammad Qomi.
Goals
The goals of the Organization are:
- Revive and promote Islam in all needed fields, and develop Islamic ethics among people, particularly youth.
- Defend the principles of Islam, the Islamic republic system, and the Islamic revolution aims.
- Quantitative and qualitative development of religious promotion.
Dependent organizations
- Amirkabir (publisher)
- Darol-Quran al-Karim Organization
- Ketab Shahr Company
- Mehr News Agency
- Organization of Islamic Education Schools
- Research Institute for Islamic Promotion and Studies, Baqir al-Uloom
- Soore University
- Tebyan Cultural Institute
- Tehran Times English-language newspaper
- The Artistic Sect
Duties
21 duties were approved by the board of trustees, including:
- Policy making, planning, guidance, organizing, supporting, and supervising public religious promotion.
- Revival and development of Shia education, culture and history.
- Surveying "misleading advertising," and "cultural invasion" from political opponents.
- Co-operation within ministries, governmental organizations (and other related institutions) in order to develop Islamic education and culture.
- Founding of information centers in specialty, promotion and religious fields.
See also
- Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution
- Islamic Culture and Communication Organization
- Islamic Development Coordination Council
- Office of Literature and Art of Resistance
References
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- Anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Development Organization hawzah.net
- The new constitution of Iran's Islamic development organization mehrnews.com Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- Knowing Islamic development organization hamshahrionline.ir Retrieved 3 Feb 2019
- Islamic development organization, in a nutshell dana.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- Founding of Islamic development organization (of Iran) by the order of Imam Khomeini todaytime.ir Retrieved2 Feb 2019
- Statute of Islamic development organization Archived 2019-05-10 at the Wayback Machine rc.majlis.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- founding anniversary of "Islamic development organization" hawzah.net Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- "عکس/ دیدار جمعی از مسئولین سازمان تبلیغات با رهبر انقلاب". Mashregh News (in Persian). January 18, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- "مدیرکل تبلیغات اسلامی استان اصفهان: سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی نیازمند تحول است - تسنیم". Tasnim News. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- "رئیس سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی: خدمت به مردم مرزبندی نمی‌شناسد - تسنیم". Tasnim News (in Persian). Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- "مدیر کل امور بانوان سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی: استفاده از خلاقیت هنری در تبلیغ و گزاره‌های دینی - تسنیم". Tasnim News (in Persian). Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- Ayatollah Jannati, the (first) chief of the Islamic development organization imam-khomeini.ir Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- Hujjatul-Islam Qomi, the --new-- chief of Islamic development organization Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine farsnews.com Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- "The Chief of Islamic Development Organization, Mohammad Qomi]website= mashreghnews.ir". Retrieved 2 Feb 2019.
- New Head of Islamic Development Organization Appointed Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine en.alkawthartv.com Retrieved 4 Feb 2019
- The new constitution of the Islamic development organization (of Iran) Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine farsnews.com Retrieved 2 Feb 2019
- "Founding anniversary of "Islamic development organization". iqna.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 4 Feb 2019.
External links
Media related to Islamic Development Organization at Wikimedia Commons