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The Difficult Task of Monitoring Constitutional Compliance[1]
Section 7, Minorities
[Page:] 599, 600
In the Name of God
Number 77-7089
Date 17 Shahrivar 1377 [8 September 1998]
Hojjatol-Islam Dr. Rouhani
Esteemed Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security
Greetings
Letter number 77-156, dated 14 Shahrivar 1377 [5 September 1998], written by the Committee for Investigation and Oversight of Enforcement of the Constitution, regarding issues related to the social rights of official and unofficial religious minorities, particularly the perverse Baha’i sect, a copy of which is attached, was presented to the esteemed president. He has written as follows:
“Dr. Rouhani
In view of the importance of this issue and the need to find a fundamental resolution for it, it is necessary that it be expeditiously investigated at the Secretariat, with the presence of Mr. Shoushtari and Mr. Mehrpour and representatives of the judiciary and the Ministries of Intelligence and the Interior and a few experts familiar with this problem, and the results be reported either to me or to the Supreme Council for National Security. I await your action.”
Seyyed Mohammd-Ali Abtahi
Signed by Mohammad-Reza Tabesh
Copy:
- Hojjatol-Islam Mousavi-Lari
Esteemed Minister of the Interior, with copy attached
- Hojjatol-Islam Dorri-Najafabadi
Esteemed Minister of Intelligence, with copy attached
- Hojjatol-Islam Shoushtari
Esteemed Minister of Justice, with copy attached
- Dr. Mehrpour
[Legal Counsel] of President and Head of Investigation and Oversight of Enforcement of the Constitution
[1] From a book: The Difficult Task of Monitoring Constitutional Compliance- Vazifeh Doshvar-e Nezarat bar Ejraeh Ghanoon-e Asasee 1376 – 1384 (1997-2006). Dr. Hosein Mehrpour, Tehran, Saales Publication, 1384 (2005)