Jihad of Construction
Jihad of Construction or Construction Jihad (Persian: جهاد سازندگی; Jahād-e Sāzandegī) was one of Organizations of the Iranian Revolution. The organization began as a movement of volunteers to help with the 1979 harvest, but soon took on a broader, more official role in the countryside. It was involved with road building, piped water, electrification, clinics, schools, and irrigation canals.[1] It also provides "extension services, seeds, loans," etc. to small farmers[2]
In 2001 it was merged with the Agriculture Ministry to form the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad.[3] During the Iran-Iraq war, the organization held a Combat engineering responsibility.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Keddie, Modern Iran (2003), p.286
- ↑ Bakhash, Reign of the Ayatollahs, (1984) p.202
- ↑ The Minstry of Jihad-e Agriculture
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