CHAPTER TWENTY THREE:
(Domestic
Policies and Foreign Relations)
ARTICLE 180-In order to unify policy
making as it affect the foreign nationals (the vagrants, refugees, immigrants,
and the passport holding foreign subjects) in line with their arrival,
settlement, deportation, employment, education, health and medical care, and
the foreign relations, the Alien Subjects Coordination Council will be formed
and chaired by Ministry of the Interior and membership of the Ministers of
“Education”, “Intelligence”, “Foreign Affairs”, “Labor and Social Affairs”,
“Health-Medicare and Medical Education”, the Head of the Plan and Budget
Organization, the Secretary of the National Security Council, the Commander of
Disciplinary Force, and the Chief of the Red Crescent Society. Decisions of this council will be
binding upon confirmation of the Cabinet.
The executive by-law of this Article will be proposed
jointly by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministry of the Interior,
and Ministry of Intelligence, and shall be approved by the Cabinet.
ARTICLE 181-
A- Government is required to provide in the annual budget bill during the
Third Plan period, necessary funds to prevent, provide relief assistance to,
renovate and rebuild the areas damaged by unpredictable events. The funds will be allocated to the
State Unpredictable Events Corps.
A percentage of the above funds shall be spent for vulnerability studies
in order to reduce the impact of the natural calamities, and execute projects
aiming at prevention of the natural unexpected disasters such as flood,
earthquake, drought, fire, storm and encroachment of the sea water.
B- Using the banking usury-free loans, or in the case
of inadequacy of these funds or other banking resources, Ministry of the
Interior may grant loan or the necessary banking facilities to the owners of
the damaged residential, commercial, industrial, mining, and agricultural units
in the affected areas. The differentials
of the interest and charges of the granted facilities shall be provided for in
the annual budget bills. Government is required to provide guarantee for
repayment of the facilities granted by the banking system as specified in this
Item.
C- In order to increase the contribution of the insurance
industry in indemnifying the losses emanating from unpredictable events, government is authorized to provide the necessary conditions in such a way
that a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the agricultural and animal husbandry,
handicraft, and fisheries products, public buildings, urban and rural
installations; residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, be under the
insurance coverage during the Third Plan period.
ARTICLE 182- Ministry of the
Interior is required to prepare the plans for setting up and strengthening
popular organizations ( guilds and specialized organizations), non-governmental
and local organizations in the context of the law and aiming at preparing the
ground for entrusting the government undertakings to these institutions;
enhancing the organized popular monitoring the activities of government; and
implement these plans upon their approval by the Cabinet.
ARTICLE 183- In order to exercise
the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the foreign relations, and
create a unity of procedures in this endeavor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
shall have supervision mandate over all matters related to the foreign
relations; other agencies and units that in one way or the other are active out
of the country or their operation and activities touch on the foreign
relations, are required to execute the policies conveyed to them by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Moreover, the representative offices of these agencies in other
countries are obliged to coordinate their activities with the political
representative office of the Islamic Republic of Iran in those countries on the
basis of a by-law that will be proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
will be approved by the Cabinet.
Note 1:
In order to exercise the cultural policies of the Islamic Republic of
Iran and to unify policy making and coordination of the cultural and
promotional activities abroad, aiming at optimal utilization of the existing
material and spiritual resources, all the cultural, propagation and artistic activities
of the public and non-public sectors out of the country shall be the
responsibility of the Islamic Culture and Communications Organization as
stipulated in the articles of association of this agency and received
confirmation of the Supreme Leader.
Note 2: Performance of all the
activities provided in this Article in the case of agencies and institutions
that are administered under the auspices of the Supreme Leader will depend upon
his confirmation.
ARTICLE 184- In order to regulate
the relations of the Islamic Republic of Iran with other countries of the world
and the international assemblies and organizations; and on the basis of a
comprehensive report to be prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the
extraterritorial activities of the executive agencies, their cooperation and
membership in the international and regional organizations (including a review
of the status quo, evaluation of the performance and the necessity or futility
of their continued membership or their activities abroad and /or the possibility
of lowering the level of contact and activities), government is required to
decide on the continuation and/or termination of activities of the executive
agencies abroad, the level of contact, and the position of the ministries,
organizations, non-public enterprises and the revolutionary institutions in the
regional and international assemblies.
All the entities content of Article (11) of this Law
and the non-governmental public institutions- in the case they intend to
continue their activities abroad- are required to reform their organization and
the structure of their representations in other countries, as well as their membership status in the
international assemblies on the basis of the decisions of the Cabinet.
Note: Performance of all the activities provided in
this Article in the case of the entities and institutions that are administered
under the auspices of the Supreme Leader will require his confirmation.
ARTICLE 185- Establishment of any new office,
representation, branch and administrative units and any other entity under
similar titles out of the country by the agencies content of Article (11) of
this Law and the non-governmental public institutions shall be subject to the
recommendation of the relevant agency or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
shall be approved by the Cabinet.
Note 1: Banks and insurance companies are exempted
from the provisions of this Article.
Note 2:
Performance of all the activities provided in this Article in the cases
of the entities and institutions that are administered under the auspices of
the Supreme Leader will require his confirmation.
ARTICLE 186- Ministry of Foreign
Affairs is required to prepare guidelines and strategies for proper
implementation of the following general policies, taking advantage of the
opinion of all the related agencies, and present it during the first year of
the Third Plan to the National Security Council for approval:
1- Development of bilateral regional and international
cooperation,
2-
Continuation of the policy of avoiding disturbance in the relationship with the
non-hostile countries,
3- Taking advantage of the relations in order to
enhance national capability,
4- To counteract hostilities of over-demanding
countries,
5- To strive to get rid of the alien forces in the
area,
6- To challenge the notion of unipolarity of the
world,
7- To support Muslims and the oppressed nations,
8- To strive for more intimacy among the Islamic
countries,
9- To strive to reform the structure of the United
Nations.