Ali Movahedi-Kermani
Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Persian: محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی) is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the former secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of the Assembly of Experts. He is a conservative and principlist politician.
Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council Acting | |
| In office 29 December 2018 – 30 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Succeeded by | Sadeq Larijani |
| In office 1 February 2017 – 14 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Tehran's Ephemeral Friday Prayer Imam | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Member of Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 2,134,963 |
| In office 14 July 1983 – 24 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Kerman Province |
| Member of the Parliament | |
| In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 2000 | |
| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Majority | 1,025,629 (44.6%; 5th term) |
| In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 | |
| Constituency | Kerman |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| In office 4 October 1989 – 20 September 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani 1931 (age 91–92) Kerman, Iran |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Other political affiliations | Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)[1] |
He was formerly one of the deputy speakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.[2]
Political career
Movahedi won 685,974 votes of the Kerman Province for his re-election to the 4th Assembly of Experts.[3] He was ranked 2nd after Ahmad Khatami in the constituency.[4]
Views
2019 Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in Tehran Friday prayer declared that Telegram is haram and requested National Information Network deployment like great firewall of china.[5] Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent, according to the doctrine of Velayat-e faqih.[6] He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."[7]
See also
References
- ^ Ervand Abrahamian (1989). Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin. I.B.Tauris. p. 45. ISBN 9781850430773.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ Results of Assembly of Experts elections in some provinces – Irna 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Persian). Assembly of Experts. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ https://farsi.alarabiya.net/fa/2019/03/01/%D8%AE%D8%B7%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%9B-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85-[bare URL]
- ^ Iran Revolutionary Guards chief: U.S. losing in Iraq, Middle East
- ^ Iran Report 20 May 2002