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@Icewhiz: The section you restored contains WP:SYNTH and lacks the viewpoints of the opponents and the supporters. Please note that some of the sentences such as " Iran's nuclear program has been a ..." and "President Rafsanjani admitted the nuclear ..." are not directly related to the fatwa while are much related to articles such as Nuclear program of Iran. However, if you find a source on the fatwa which discusses the Rafsanjani claims and relate it to the fatwa, I'm in favor including those materials. Please let me know about your view point on this. Regards. --Mhhossein talk 06:58, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
I don't think we should have the opinion of that journalist in the lead. --Mhhossein talk 13:28, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
@Icewhiz and Mhhossein: Be it an opinion piece or anything else, there's no reason to include a single opinion in the lead. It can be inserted in a suitable section. Saff V. (talk) 13:28, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
"While information must be verifiable in order to be included in an article, this does not mean that all verifiable information must be included in an article."--Mhhossein talk 06:52, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
Regarding your recent edit, how did you decided that Gareth Porter's opinion published by the Foreign Policy Magazine[4] is "non-notable"? It's a weird statement, to be frank. Did you know that Porter is an "investigative journalist, author and policy analyst specializing in U.S. national security policy"? Moreover, Elham is minor official? --Mhhossein talk 08:13, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
"Shmuel Meir, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University and former researcher at the IDF's intelligence unit and the IDF’s Planning Department strategic unit, called Porter "the only journalist and investigator in the world who read, with an unbiased eye, all the IAEA reports and the American intelligence reports of the last several decades regarding the Iranian issue"[6][7]
Hans Blix, former director general of the IAEA and former executive chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, wrote: "I feel grateful to Gareth Porter for his intrusive and critical examination of intelligence material passed to the IAEA."[8]
According to him, Iran's aversion to nuclear weapons is sincere.... This article is about Khamenei, not Iran. The detail is too much and does not belong in this BLP. If anything, the removed passage belongs to the main article per WP:SS. I have no opinion on Porter, because I don't know his works. As usual, no pinging, please. Dr. K. 16:15, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
This article is too long and it is not suitable to add too many details about a minor issue in it. In addition, it is a biographic article and discussion about the authenticity or its impact does not relate to it. Thus I suggest to move this section the sub-article: "Khamenei's fatwa against nuclear weapons" and replace it with a short summery. --Seyyed(t-c) 13:54, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
The lead tries to emphasize on a scenario that says Ali Khamenei was not active in political matters until Hashemi and Rouhani helped him to gain power. This scenario is promoted by Iran's current administration to show that they were the main supporters of Supreme Leader not their rivals. However, wikipedia is not a tool for political propaganda. Thus I moved it to the body of the article.--Seyyed(t-c) 03:14, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
There is written in the lead:"and make the final decisions on the economy, the environment, foreign policy, national planning, and everything else in Iran". However, I think it is not exact summary of the leader's authority as we can find in the article 110 of the iran's constitution: "Article 110 Following are the duties and powers of the Leadership: 1.Delineation of the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran after consultation with the Nation's Exigency Council. 2.Supervision over the proper execution of the general policies of the system. 3.Issuing decrees for national referenda. 4.Assuming supreme command of the armed forces. 5.Declaration of war and peace, and the mobilization of the armed forces. 6.Appointment, dismissal, and acceptance of resignation of: 1.the fuqaha' on the Guardian Council. 2.the supreme judicial authority of the country. 3.the head of the radio and television network of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 4.the chief of the joint staff. 5.the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps. 6.the supreme commanders of the armed forces. 7.Resolving differences between the three wings of the armed forces and regulation of their relations. 8.Resolving the problems, which cannot be solved by conventional methods, through the Nation's Exigency Council. 9.Signing the decree formalizing the election of the President of the Republic by the people. The suitability of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, with respect to the qualifications specified in the Constitution, must be confirmed before elections take place by the Guardian Council;, and, in the case of the first term [of the Presidency], by the Leadership; 10.Dismissal of the' President of the Republic, with due regard for the interests of the country, after the Supreme Court holds him guilty of the violation of his constitutional duties, or after a vote of the Islamic Consultative Assembly testifying to his incompetence on the basis of Article 89 of the Constitution. 11.Pardoning or reducing the sentences of convicts, within the framework of Islamic criteria, on a recommendation [to that effect] from the Head of judicial power. The Leader may delegate part of his duties and powers to another person."
Therefor I suggest to find a better summary to substitute with "make the final decisions on ... everything in Iran"--Seyyed(t-c) 03:26, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
I tagged the section for copyediting because it is an absolute mess of bad grammar and esoteric jargon/euphemisms used by the regime which are, tragically, spoken in Wikipedia's voice. The section may have to be removed altogether, but for now I will just tag it. Dr. K. 06:57, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
On second thought, this whole mess has nothing to do with Khamenei. Who cares who discussed what with whom. Khamenei just suggested its formation. Just add a sentence or two about that. The rest of this stuff does not belong here. I just removed the whole section. Dr. K. 07:12, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
Here is an example of this meaningless jargon-fueled puffery:
The freethinking seats is described as a bilateral or multilateral meetings with the supporters and opponents of a theory to form a free scientific discussion. The subject of these forums can be Social, intellectual, cultural, political or any scientific and controversial subject.[241] Tarbiat Modares University held it’s first freethinking seats on the Holy Defense with attendance of Hussein Ardestani, a historian and narrator during the Holy defense era and now the head of the "Center for the Holy Defense Documentation and Research", some of the major. Challenging issues of the Holy Defense were discussed by the professors and students of the university at the session.[240]
Forget about how meaningless this puffery is, or how bad the grammar is. It essentially says that a bunch of Iranian academics and students got together to discuss the Iran-Iraq war with some guarantees that the secret police will not bust the meeting. Hardly noteworthy for most countries, although for Iran it may be something new. But, even so, does anyone think that this is even remotely connected to Khamenei? I don't think so. Dr. K. 07:55, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
...and that how being "new" is a criteria for inclusion of somethingIf something is new to Iran, like limited academic free speech under controlled conditions, then it may be worth mentioning. I don't know why you are asking for clarification for such a rather self-evident fact, but I'll AGF and just gave you the reason. As far as the puffery, I gave you an example above, but let's examine this more closely:
...with attendance of Hussein Ardestani, a historian and narrator during the Holy defense era and now the head of the "Center for the Holy Defense Documentation and Research", some of the major. Challenging issues of the Holy Defense were discussed by the professors and students of the university at the session.
a historian and narrator during the Holy defense era and now the head of the "Center for the Holy Defense Documentation and Research",..just to elevate his status, and in a fashion completely unrelated to Khamenei? There are more examples of this puffery, but I am not here to give tutorials on puffery. Dr. K. 17:11, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
Ayatollah Khamenei said The appointees of the Leader may even have a view different from mine on some political and social issues, which is no problem, because the main issue is general and revolutionary orientation [of these people].
because the main issue is general and revolutionary orientationmean? What is
general and revolutionary orientationsupposed to mean? And how could the political goal of the
general and revolutionary orientationhave anything to do with genuine academic discourse? I hope now you can see how this puffed-up jargon is both meaningless and confusing. Dr. K. 17:24, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
as a means to achieve software movement and scientific development of the country, based on intellectuality and morals.
software movement? How does software move? Also the description
scientific development of the country, based on intellectuality and morals.is awkwardly-phrased ("intellectuality"), redundant puffery. Do you know of scientific development not based on intellectual achievement? And connecting "morals" to scientific development sounds like political propaganda. Dr. K. 18:04, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
could you show us how ...And please, unless your account is shared by more than one person, please cut the plural when talking to me or other editors. It is presumptuous (you don't presume to talk on behalf of the whole wiki, do you?), confusing and unnecessary, unless you consider yourself a member of the royal family. Thanks. Dr. K. 18:10, 7 October 2017 (UTC)