Ayatollah Raisi appointed Dr Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, as the Chief of the National Elite Foundation for a period of one year while maintaining his position.
In his letter of appointment, Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi has expressed hope that he would rely on the Almighty and pay attention to "justice-orientedness", "revolutionary spirit", "popularity", "anti-corruption", "rule of law" and "the provisions of the Popular Administration's Managers' Agreement", while using all the available capacities, with proper planning and careful monitoring of the good implementation of assigned tasks, to diligently try to guide and advance the lofty goals of that foundation.