CHAPTER TWENTY TWO:

                                              Defense and Security Affairs                 

 

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.