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	Ahmad Jannati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ahmad Jannati (born in Esfahan in 1926) (Persian: احمد جنتی‎ ) is an Iranian ayatollah and political figure.
		Jannati is considered close to the Iranian Islamic conservatives, and is heavily criticized by the reformists for his active role in not approving reformist candidates to run in various elections and blocking their legislation.
		Ayatollah Jannati was one of the founders of Haghani School, one of the most influential religious school in Iran.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmad_Jannati (241 words)

	Jannati says negotiation with US not to Iran's interest
		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati in his second sermon criticized those calling for negotiations with the US and said that Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General, had recently established an international anti-war center and had visits to many countries to divulge the US crimes.
		Jannati further quoted Clark as saying in the interview that the Vietnamese were punished by the US merely due their call for freedom and their nation's self determination right.
		Jannati further quoted Clark as saying that instead of a democratic government, the US witnesses sovereignty of the rich, concentration of wealth among elite social class and the gap between the poor and rich, which are unprecedented in their kind worldwide.
	www.payvand.com /news/02/aug/1072.html (707 words)

	AYATOLLAH JANNATI RETRACTS ACCUSATIONS AND APPOLOGISES
		Jannati to make public the names of all those who suspect of fraud and kickbacks accompanied of their bank accounts.
		Jannati replied that he would do so without hesitation and present all the names and every bit of information in his possession to the Judiciary, adding that his information comes from a "very informed and reliable" source inside the Ministry.
		Jannati retracted from his previous hawkish stand and appoligised for the unfounded accusations, the reformists-dominated Majles (parliament) began probing into the benefits of "buy-back" contracts signed with foreign firms for the development of the country's oil and gas reserves.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2001/jul_2001/jannati_retracts_accusations_20701.htm (707 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		A highly influential conservative cleric, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, created a furor by accusing the reformist-led Oil Ministry in a speech on 1 July of diverting Iranian oil revenues to foreign bank accounts.
		Jannati's speech attracted enormous attention because he heads the powerful Guardians Council, which oversees legislation to assure it conforms to the values of Iran's Islamic Revolution.
		At the same time, Jannati's charges played to widespread criticisms that Khatami's government is moving too fast with the opening of the oil and gas sectors to foreign investment.
	www.rferl.org /features/2001/08/09082001120855.asp (1247 words)

	Jannati: Iran is the winner in nuclear game (WilayahNews.com)
		Ayatollah Jannati who is also secretary of the Guardians Council, went on to touch upon the conditions in Iraq and expressed happiness that following years of attempts and struggle an Islamic government was established there the Constitution of which was being compiled according to Islamic principles.
		He also said the fact that a number of the proposed ministers failed to gain vote of confidence never meant the parliament disapproved of their characters but rather it indicated that the Majlis believed they were just not suitable for the post they were supposed to fill.
		Jannati also believed that cabinet's holding its first formal session at the holy Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad proved that the new ministers were only after serving people and upholding justice.
	www.wilayahnetwork.com /news/?id=5965 (474 words)

	Ayatollah Jannati calls for strong unity between universities and theological schools
		Jannati who is Secretary of the Guardian Council said in Iran the university students and the clergy are well united.
		Ayatollah Jannati further said those students who have been behind the trouble in the country were enjoying the support of elements outside the university.
		Jannati said the foreigners are after creating a false atmosphere in the country to contribute to tensions in the country but the agents of enemy have acknowledged to the offenses and to their links with the foreign elements and the enemies of the Islamic Revolution.
	www.payvand.com /news/02/dec/1106.html (956 words)

	Will Conservatives Dominate Iran's Election?
		A few months later, Jannati described the people as orphans and the religious scholars as their custodians and guardians.
		Interior Minister Abdolvahed Musavi-Lari expressed concern that involvement of the person responsible for supervising the election in a specific political movement is neither in the individual's interest nor in society's ("Etemad," 5 May 2005).
		Jannati's alleged involvement in the Coordination Council of Islamic Revolution Forces only contributes to doubts about the Guardians Council's political inclinations.
	www.parstimes.com /news/archive/2005/rfe/conservatives_dominate_election.html (768 words)

	Special Dispatch Series - No. 713
		In his sermon on April 23, 2004, Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati defined the demand by reformist candidates to explain in detail the reasons for their disqualification as "illogical" and said that the council would not respond to this request.
		Jannati explained in general terms that the candidates' unsuitability stemmed from reasons of "financial and moral corruption, espionage and security, smuggling, and matters of that kind." [4]
		In a speech in the Majlis, Majlis Chairman Medhi Karrubi attacked Jannati's statement and called on him to refrain from "generalizations, false accusations, and slander." Karrubi stressed that "the fact is that Mr.
	memri.org /bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP71304 (1607 words)

	NCRI Statement 05/30/97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Addressing the Friday prayers congregation in Tehran today, mullah Ahmad Jannati, Head of the Guardians Council and a confidant of the mullahs' leader Khamenei, laid bare the ruling factionÕs extreme anxiety over the escalation of the regime's internal feuding after the resounding defeat of the candidate endorsed by Khamenei.
		Jannati added that "All the forces and the power of the country rests with the Vali-e Faqih," that "his views must be realized" and that "the voters" demands ought to be respected merely within the framework of Islamic guidelines and the interests of the revolution."
		Jannati implicitly admitted that Nateq-Nouri's defeat had caused defections among the ruling faction's supporters and demoralized a significant part of them.
	www.iran-e-azad.org /english/ncr/970530.html (262 words)

	Iran Daily - National - 01/21/06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Jannati also referred to an earlier claim by the kidnappers who said they had killed two of the hostages.
		Jannati had earlier warned kidnappers against any extremist action against their hostages, or they will face the consequences.
		On the 2006-2007 draft budget, Jannati said that Majlis should allocate funds in a manner that differences between parliament and government would be prevented.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2480/html/national.htm (2555 words)

	Cleric urges Iran to reject nuclear deal - Boston.com
		It was not immediately clear if Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati's comments in any way represented the Iranian government.
		Jannati is the head of the powerful Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog arbitrating between the parliament and the government.
		Uranium enriched to this level is used in nuclear reactors to produce electricity.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/06/09/ahmadinejad_suggests_tehran_has_upper_hand (645 words)

	Iran ayatollah says Blair government could have bombed
		Addressing worshippers at the site of Tehran University, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful Guardian Council, the unelected constitutional watchdog, said, “At times they blame this [London bombings] as the work of Al’Qaeda.
		Jannati is a close confidant of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
		Jannati’s comments echoed a similar speech at last week’s Friday prayers’ sermon by Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani, who blamed the bombings on the West.
	www.infowars.com /articles/London_attack/iran_ayatollah_blair_gov_could_have_bombed.htm (324 words)

	Iran Daily - National - 12/31/05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		He thanked the leader for introducing Ahmad Khatami as a new interim Friday prayer leader and urged the leader to accept his resignation from the same duties so that he could focus on other state affairs.
		Ayatollah Jannati felicitated the birth of Jesus Christ (PBUH) to all believers, including the followers of Jesus Christ, and described some of his characteristics mentioned in the holy Qur’an.
		Ahmad Khademolmelleh adressed a commemoration ceremony at the Photographers' House of the Islamic Propagation Organization in Tehran late Wednesday.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2464/html/national.htm (2295 words)

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		The package they have brought is a package that is good for themselves and is not appropriate for the Iranian people," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati told worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran.
		Jannati heads the Guardian Council, Iran's highest constitutional watchdog.
		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati delivers a sermon during Friday prayers in Tehran, October 7, 2005.
	www.longislandpress.com /reuters/1_ds_200452.php (398 words)

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		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati told worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran that possible U.N. sanctions on Iran would make the Islamic republic stronger than ever.
		In a speech broadcast live on state radio, Jannati said Iran had no fear of sanctions since it was familiar with those imposed by the United States on the country.
		Iran and the United States have not had diplomatic relations since hardliner students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took hostage 52 Americans for 444 days after the 1979 Islamic revolution which toppled the U.S.-backed Shah.
	www.faithfreedom.org /oped/ParisaHafezi41002.htm (459 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Iranian Official Promises Review of Banned Candidates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The secretary of the Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati, told worshippers during Friday prayers in Tehran that the council will be lenient and avoid bias in its review of election hopefuls.
		Jannati promised that the Guardian Council will follow the order given by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to complete a thorough review of the fllisted candidates.
		Jannati also criticized the United States and the European Union for urging free and fair elections in Iran, saying that those nations have an old colonial approach.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=7787 (362 words)

	[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great :: View topic - Exclusive: Iran’s rulers amass fortunes through ...
		At eighth place is Ali Jannati, son of powerful cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and a senior official in Iran’s Interior Ministry.
		The Jannati family’s private wealth is estimated at two trillion Rials, the equivenlt of $220 million.
		Senior cleric Ahmad Jannati is the head of the powerful Guardians Council and a close advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
	activistchat.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7658 (1397 words)

	Top Cleric Calls For Fight Against Corruption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		TEHRAN, June 27 (Mehr News Agency) – The Provisional Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati who is also a member of the influential supervisory body of the Guardian Council of the Constitution here Friday called for serious campaign against corruption and red tape.
		Delivering a Friday Prayers sermon, he said the Judiciary has taken some steps to fight corruption in the public sector, but added it is not enough.
		Jannati asked the officials to curb the rising prices, saying it is not impossible to do so.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=7665 (158 words)

	Jannati: President Ahmadinejad should be set as a model - Irna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati on Friday praised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for vigorously defending stances of the Islamic Republic abroad, including the UN, and advised all those travelling overseas to set him as a model.
		Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Jannati harshly criticized the world Catholic Church Leader Pope Benedict XVI for his Islamophobic remarks.
		In an address to the staff and students of University of Regensburg, when the pontiff made his remarks during his visit to his birthplace in Bavaria, Germany, recently, the Pope made insulting remarks about Islam, its Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and some of its religious rituals by quoting a 14th century Christian emperor.
	www.irna.com /en/news/view/line-24/0609294369175218.htm (350 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Ahmad is scheduled for an extradition hearing Thursday in London.
		Ahmad was arrested Aug. 5, he possessed classified documents describing movements of a U.S. Navy battle group in the Middle East — and instructions on how best to attack those vessels with rocket-propelled grenades from small boats.
		The Iraqi Minister for Defense Sultan Hachem Ahmad ensured Thursday that Baghdad was "impregnable", grateful however that the first American units were with 140 kilometers of the doors of the capital.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=ahmad (3198 words)

	MEMRI TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon at Tehran University, delivered by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Secretary of the Guardian Council.
		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: Western culture and civilization - and especially criminal America - are heading towards a serious collapse.
		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: The Koran tells us about the Jews in the early days of Islam: "They destroyed their homes with their own hands, and with the hands of the believers." It says: With their very hands and with the hands of the believers they are destroying their homes.
	www.memritv.org /Transcript.asp?P1=1045 (189 words)

	Iran Focus-Senior Iran cleric hails “Islamic state of Iraq” - Special Wire - News
		Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26 — A senior Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the establishment of an Islamic republic in Iraq and hailed the country’s new constitution as one based on “Islamic precepts”.
		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful ultra-conservative Guardian Council, told worshippers in Tehran’s Friday prayers, “Fortunately, after years of effort and expectations in Iraq, an Islamic state has come to power and the constitution has been established on the basis of Islamic precepts”.
		Jannati, who is a top confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that all justice-seeking counties of the world “have no model other than the Islamic revolution in Iran to turn to”.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=3494 (314 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Influential cleric urges Iran's leaders to reject nuclear deal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in his Friday sermon: "The package they have presented is a package [that is] good for them.
		It was not immediately clear whether his statement in any way represented the views of the Iranian government, but he is the head of the powerful Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog, and his comments reflect conservative pressure on ministers to reject the proposals.
		Ayatollah Jannati spoke out as George Bush, the US president, said Iran had "weeks not months" to respond to the offer, and Jacques Chirac, the French president, said the international community "cannot accept" an Iranian effort to build a nuclear weapon.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=855592006 (773 words)

	Iran cleric: Shut down Security Council - Boston.com
		Head of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, delivers a sermon in Tehran, August 5, 2005.
		The comments by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, head of the constitutional watchdog the Guardian Council, confirmed Tehran's defiance in the face of a U.N. resolution ordering it to stop making atomic fuel by the end of this month.
		Jannati lambasted Israel for brutal tactics during the massive offensive it launched against Lebanon after Hizbollah guerrillas seized two of its soldiers on July 12, and criticized the world body for taking no action.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/08/04/iran_cleric_shut_down_security_council (377 words)

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