Rafiqdust to quit as head of Foundation for the Oppressed
BBC Worldwide Monitoring
Tehran, 7th July (IRNA) -- The head of the Foundation for the Oppressed
and War-Disabled [Mohsen Rafiqdust] said on Wednesday [7th July] that he
was "ready to leave the post to a younger and more powerful"
person.
At a ceremony to hand over 44 houses to the war-disabled in Tehran,
Mohsen Rafiqdust added that after leaving the post of the head of the foundation,
he would continue his efforts to help and solve the problems of the war-disabled.
He added: Wherever I am, I will always try my best to help the war-disabled.
He said: It is around 10 years since the eminent leader [Ayatollah Ali
Khamene'i] gave me the best opportunity, to both serve and perform my religious
duties and help the war-disabled . Today I consider my work as complete
and I am ready to leave the responsibility to someone else.
Explaining the performance of the foundation under his management, he
said: The economic activities of the foundation have increased during this
time and we have managed to find solutions to some of the problems of the
war-disabled.
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