CHAPTER TWENTY TWO:
ARTICLE 171- In
order to secure the requirements of the Armed Forces particularly in the areas
of new technology and strategic needs, and to acquire the necessary items,
Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces is authorized to take
necessary measures, upon approval of the Cabinet and authorization of the
Honorable Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, to build new industrial and service
towns through partnership with domestic and foreign entities.
ARTICLE 172- Ministry of Defense and
Logistics of the Armed Forces is authorized to examine unwanted properties of
the defense sector and the out-dated defense industries that lack high level
technology and sell them off through tender upon authorization of the Honorable
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, and settle the proceeds with the Treasury.
The proceeds of the sales will be treated as one
hundred percent earmarked and will be appropriated to satisfy the urgent needs
of the defense sector within the framework of the annual budget laws.
ARTICLE 173- Ministry of Defense and
Logistics of the Armed Forces is authorized to prepare a comprehensive plan to
deploy the Armed Forces throughout the country on the basis of the opinion of
the Staff-General of the Armed Forces commensurate with the magnitude and type
of the threat and the environmental conditions, aiming at securing a certain
dispersion in locating sensitive and vital installations and the defense
industry; and also relocation of the garrisons and military centers and large
factories from the large cities especially Tehran. The said plan must be approved by the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
Government is required to allocate banking credit
facilities, divest the land, change the use, and create the buffer zone for the
said installations. The funds
received through the banking resources will be paid off by the proceeds of the
sales of the said properties.
ARTICLE 174- Upon authorization from
the Honorable Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and in order to streamline the
social security system of the Armed Forces and economize the current
expenditure, the Social Security Organization of the Armed Forces affiliated to
the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces will be established
through merging the Insurance and Retirement Organization of the Army of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, the Insurance and Retirement Organization of the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and the Insurance and Retirement of the Disciplinary
Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Medical care Services
Organization of the Armed Forces.
The executive procedures for revising the said
organizations will be determined upon approval of the Honorable
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
The Articles of Association of the Social Security Organization of the
Armed Forces and the executive by-law of this Article shall be proposed jointly
by the Commander-General Staff of the Armed Forces and the State Administrative
and Employment Affairs Organization, and to be approved by the Cabinet.
ARTICLE 175- In order to realize the
ideals of Imam Khomeini and the guidelines and directives of the Supreme Leader
and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces related to the Twenty Million Army, and in
order to prepare the ground for proper participation of the adolescents and
youth in the social, cultural and defense affairs, to promote the Bassij way of
thinking, and to popularize the security and defense through qualitative and
quantitative reinforcement of the Mastazafan Bassij:
A- The expenditure of the non-public real and legal
persons for reinforcement and development of disciplinary force posts and the
Twenty Million Army resistance bases, particularly the bases of the Resistance
Bassij, will be acceptable as tax-deductible expenses. The executive by-law of this item will
be prepared by the Ministries of “Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces”
and “Economic Affairs and Finance”, and shall be approved by the Cabinet.
B- Government is required to provide for development
of the Bassij with one percent (1%) of the gross profit of all the
government-owned enterprises and their controlled subsidiary companies whose
subjection to the law necessitates mention of their names such as the National
Iranian Oil Company, the Iran Industrial Development and Renovation
Organization, Iran Telecommunications Company, and the Islamic Republic of Iran
Air Lines Corporation. The proceed
will be deposited with the Treasury and will be allocated to the Bassij in a
particular line provided in the country’s annual budget. Up to thirty percent (30%) of the
revenue from implementing this
Item will be spent to develop the resistance lines of that entity; and the
balance will be allocated in lump sum form to the Bassij Resistance Force for creating balance among the
country’s regions.
C- In order to materialize the fifty percent (50%)
target of the plan for creation of the Twenty Million Army that has been
approved by the Honorable Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, government is required to provide in the Third Plan relevant requirements
and equipment.
D- Departments and factories are obliged to provide
the equipment, credits, and other
requirements for the current operation of their own Resistance Bassij Lines.
E- During the Third Plan, the Bassij Resistance Lines
and cultural and sport centers in the newly completed buildings will be
exempted from payment of the subscription charges for water, electricity, gas,
and one telephone line.
ARTICLE 176- During the peace time
and upon confirmation of the Staff-General of the Armed Forces, a segment of
the government manpower needs will be provided through persons subject to the
military service and upon completion of their military training period in such
a way that it will not adversely affect their combat preparedness. The Staff-General will be notified of
the government manpower requirements through Ministry of Defense and Logistics
of the Armed Forces.
Expenditures related to the military training period
will be borne by the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces; the
salary, fringe benefits and the merit rations during the service will be
provided through the funds of the
related agencies. The total amount
received by such individuals should not exceed the limit specified in the laws
of the Armed Forces.
A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the above manpower
(the graduates of the universities) must render their services in the
undeveloped or less-developed regions of the country.
The executive
by-law of this Article will be prepared by the Ministry of Defense and
Logistics of the Armed Forces in cooperation with the State Administrative and
Employment Affairs Organization, and shall be approved by the Cabinet.
ARTICLE 177- Ministry of Defense and
Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the state
Armed Forces are required to take measures, upon authorization from the
Honorable Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, to sell through tender the land and
the superstructures of the garrisons and other properties in their ownership or
under their legal possession located within the urban service limits (upon
substantiation of their ownership and upon change of the uses of the said
properties and subdividing the lands).
The State Property Deeds and Document Registration
Organization is required to take measure in issuing the deed of ownership of
the said land and the superstructure and collect only twenty percent (20%) of
the lawful fees.
The commission subject of the Article (5) of the Law
of Establishment of the High Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran
enacted on 12/03/1972 as amended, and the municipalities are required to take
measures to change the land use of these properties to the proper uses
according to the urban development plans; and also to issue building permits
free of charge for change of the use.
The proceeds of sales of the above-mentioned
properties will be settled with a special account provided in the annual budget
law and will be accounted for as one hundred percent (100) earmarked and will
be paid to the relevant organization in order to build replacement for the
above properties as well as building public housing.
ARTICLE 178- In order to implement Article one
hundred forty seven (147) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
and to utilize expertise and capabilities of the Armed Forces and those of the
Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces in the process of
rebuilding the country (taking into account the provisions of Articles (8)and
(10) of the Law of Establishment of the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of
the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran enacted on 18/08/1989),
authorization is granted to the above executive units to enter into contract
agreements with the executive agencies for execution of the development
projects and programs, in due consideration of the expertise and capabilities
of the forces under their auspices.
All the proceeds of the said contracts will be settled
with the income-expenditure line provided in the annual budget law; and
equivalent of one hundred percent (100%) of the same funds will be appropriated
to execute the said contracts, and for reinforcement of the relevant force and
replacement of the depreciated machinery.
The executive by-law of this Article will be prepared
by the Staff-General of the Armed Forces with cooperation of the Ministry of
Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Finance, and the Plan and Budget Organization; and it will be presented to the
Cabinet by the Ministry of Defense for approval.
ARTICLE 179- Institutions,
organizations and ministries may set up security units upon the consent and
authorization by the Staff-General of the Armed Forces. These units operate under the criteria
of the Armed Forces from the standpoint of the use of arm and ammunitions, but
shall serve under the auspices of the relevant agency; and they are required to
meet the criteria of the Disciplinary Force.
The job description, duties, manner of organizing and
arming the units, training, and their relationship with the Disciplinary Force,
and the manner of supervising their performance shall be approved by the Staff-General of the
Armed Forces.