TEHRAN (FNA) -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Tuesday assigned the members of the country's Expediency Council for a new 5-year term.

In his decree, where Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been reinstated as the chairman of the Council, Ayatollah Khamenei has reiterated that the proper structure of the Council has provided an opportunity for the presentation of diversified views about any given issue, which he said, serves the country's interests.