
Mohammad Khatami Approves Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s Decree

This document indicates that, in response to a question asked by the Legal and Parliamentary Office of the President about problems associated with the rights of Iranian Bahá’ís as citizens of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, the Iranian President at the time, approves Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s decree, issued in 1367 (1988), and finds it inappropriate to prolong the problem.

Section 7/ Minorities
629
Re: Civil Rights of the Baha'i sect
In the Name of God, the Sublime
Number: 80-7812
Date: 1380/10/17 (7/1/2002)
Hojjat al-Islam Dr. Rouhani, Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
Dr. Kharrazi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Mehrpoor, Adviser to the President and the Chairman of the committee for monitoring the Implementation of the Constitution
Greetings,
The letter No. M/80-7662 dated 80/10/10 (31/12/88) of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of the President and its attachments regarding the misguided sect of Bahaism (photocopies of the attachment) was brought to the attention of His Excellency, the President. He footnoted his remarks as follows:
Dr. Rouhani
Dr. Kharrazi
Dr. Mehrpoor
To be reviewed and resolved. I had previously responded to a similar issue. In any case I think it is quite unjustifiable to re-evaluate a case that had been considered resolved in the year 67 (89) as a new problem today.
Seyyed Ali Khatami

The difficult task of monitoring the implementation of the Constitution
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In the name of God, the Sublime
Number: 807662
Date: 1380/10/10 (31/12/2001)
Honorable brother, Mr. Seyyed Mohammad Khatami
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Greetings,
According to the report presented at the official meeting of the commission of Articles 88 and 90 of the Constitution held in the parliament on 80/10/9 (30/12/2001), in which I was present, it was noted that a number of government employees are being deprived of their civil rights on the basis of their belief and connection to the Baha’i sect.
I wish to point out that the Prime minister has issued a directive, with the president’s consent, to all ministries, agencies, government organizations, institutions of the Islamic Republic and nationwide municipalities on 1367/11/12 (1/2/1989) directing that:
“None of the officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran are authorized to deprive citizens of their social and legal rights unless their charges of espionage or exclusion from social and civil rights are proven by competent authorities and relevant penalties have been issued.”
By providing background information on the subject and with due regard to the Article 23 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, your considered interpretation as the President and the authorized official responsible for the implementation of the Constitution, in so far as it applies to the requirement of preservation of the civil rights of the membership of the Bahá’i sect, is conclusive.
Seyyed Mohamad Ali Abtahi
Section 7/ Minorities
629
Re: Civil Rights of the Baha'i sect
In the Name of God, the Sublime
Number: 80-7812
Date: 1380/10/17 (7/1/2002)
Hojjat al-Islam Dr. Rouhani, Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
Dr. Kharrazi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Mehrpoor, Adviser to the President and the Chairman of the committee for monitoring the Implementation of the Constitution
Greetings,
The letter No. M/80-7662 dated 80/10/10 (31/12/88) of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of the President and its attachments regarding the misguided sect of Bahaism (photocopies of the attachment) was brought to the attention of His Excellency, the President. He footnoted his remarks as follows:
Dr. Rouhani
Dr. Kharrazi
Dr. Mehrpoor
To be reviewed and resolved. I had previously responded to a similar issue. In any case I think it is quite unjustifiable to re-evaluate a case that had been considered resolved in the year 67 (89) as a new problem today.
Seyyed Ali Khatami