Editing Assembly of Experts (section)

===Other rules===
The assembly gathers every six months. Activities of the assembly include compiling a list of those eligible to become Supreme Leader in the event of the current Supreme Leader's death, resignation, or dismissal. This is done by the 107/109 commission.<ref name="ashnaee_08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.khobregan.ir/persian/ashnaee/08.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007215219/http://www.khobregan.ir/persian/ashnaee/08.htm|url-status=dead|title=Discussion and assembly website|archivedate=7 October 2007}}</ref> Monitoring the current leader to make sure he continues to meet all the criteria listed in the constitution is done by the 111 commission.<ref name="ashnaee_08" /> Members of the Assembly report to this commission about the issues concerning the current Supreme Leader, and the commission can then order an emergency meeting of the Assembly. If the commission denies this, the members can ask the entire plenary of the Assembly (86 members) for a vote, and if most of the members vote in favor, an emergency meeting will be scheduled to discuss the current Supreme Leader. The meetings, meeting notes, and reports of the Assembly are confidential and not made available to anyone outside the assembly, except for the sitting Supreme Leader.<ref name="ashnaee_08" />

The assembly has passed laws to require all its members be experts in [[fiqh]] (Islamic jurisprudence),<ref>[http://www.khobregan.ir/persian/ashnaee/09.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928204955/http://www.khobregan.ir/persian/ashnaee/09.htm|date=28 September 2007}}</ref> authorizing the Guardian Council to vet candidates for [[ijtihad]] proficiency using written and oral examinations. This law was challenged by the [[2nd of Khordad Movement|reformists]], and their [[2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election|2006 election]] campaign included changing this law to allow non-clerics into the assembly, and reforming the law that allows [[Guardian Council]] to vet candidates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aftabnews.ir/vdciryat1yazw.html |title=آفتاب – شورای مشورتی اصلاح طلبان برای شوراها |work=Aftab News |access-date=1 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205160307/http://www.aftabnews.ir/vdciryat1yazw.html |archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.baztab.com/news/49011.php موسوی لاری و تشريح برنامه های مجمع روحانيون در خبرگان<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220150940/http://www.baztab.com/news/49011.php |date=20 February 2009}}</ref> Women ([[Ijtihad#Qualifications of a Shi'a mujtahid|Mujtahidehs]]) are theoretically eligible to run for the Assembly of Experts and in 1998 nine women submitted their candidacy. The Guardian Council rejected them, arguing that they lacked qualifications in fiqh.

Currently, the average age of the members of the Assembly is over 60, which results in many mid-term elections due to deaths and resignations. The members must be [[Ayatollah]]s, that is not the case, however, for [[Mohsen Esmaeili]].<ref name="mehdi2012" />