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The Islamic advertisement Organization (

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: سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی ایران) is an

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religious and cultural organization. It was created by

Rouhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

after the

1979 Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, 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 In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

based on the decree of the 1st Supreme Leader,

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

. 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" (

: نهاد شورای عالی تبلیغات اسلامی). This was later changed to "Islamic Development Organization" on 3r April 1989.

Chiefs

Ahmad Jannati was the first chief. He was succeeded by Mahmoud Mohammadi Araghi for ten years, followed by Seyyed Mahdi Khamoushi and

Mohammad Qomi Mohammad Qomi (Persian: محمد قمی), also known as "Hujjat al-Islam (Mohammad) Qomi" (born in 1980), is an Iranian Shia cleric and the head of Islamic development organization who has been recently appointed --at the age of 38-- instead of " ...

Goals

The goals of the Organization are: * Revive and promote Islam in all needed fields, and develop Islamic ethics between people, particularly youth. * Defend the principles of Islam, Islamic republic system, and Islamic revolution aims. * Quantitative and qualitative development of religious promotion.

Dependent organizations

Soore University Soore University (SU) ( fa, دانشگاه سوره, ''Dânešgâh-e Sure'') is a semi-private non-for-profit research university located in Tehran, Iran. Soore University was founded in 1994, and it is considered among the top art universities ...

Mehr News Agency The Mehr News Agency (MNA; ''Xabâr-gozâri Mehr''; "Mehr News Agency") is a semi-official news agency of the Iranian government. It is headquartered in Tehran, and is owned by the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO). History and ...

* The Artistic Sect * Research Institute for Islamic Promotion and Studies, Baqir al-Uloom * Darol-Quran al-Karim Organization *

Tebyan Cultural Institute Tebyan Cultural Institute is a cultural and educational organization. History The Tebyan Cultural Institute was founded in 2002 in Iran. Its Alexa internet ranking is 15 in Iran. Activities * Publication of cultural information on the ...

Amirkabir (publisher) Amir Kabir Publishers ( fa, انتشارات امیرکبیر; also romanized as ''Amir-Kabir'') is a publishing house based in Tehran, Iran and founded on November 19, 1949, by Abdorrahim "Taghi" Jafari. It is named after Mirza Taghi Khan Amirk ...

* Ketab Shahr Company * Tehran Times English-language newspaper * Organization of Islamic Education Schools

ِ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 Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

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.Founding anniversary of "Islamic development organization"
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Islamic Development Organization (of Iran)
Organisations of the Iranian Revolution Islamic organisations based in Iran Iranian propaganda organisations Revolutionary institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran