Khosrowpanah: Decisions on War and Peace Fall Exclusively Under the Authority of the Supreme Leader

Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, explaining the jurisprudential and Quranic dimensions of “jihad governance,” stated that Quranic apostasy means turning away from the path of jihad and the axis of wilayat. He stressed the need to observe Sharia limits even at the height of confrontation with the enemy, and emphasized that decisions on war, peace, and negotiations rest exclusively on the permission of the Supreme Leader.

Explaining the jurisprudential and Quranic dimensions of "Jihad rule", the Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution considered Quranic apostasy to mean taking an angle from the line of Jihad and the direction of Wilayat, and emphasized the observance of Sharia limits at the height of confronting the enemy, as well as the exclusiveness of decision-making about war, peace and negotiation with the permission of the religious judge.