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.
Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani | |
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| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani 1931 (age 88–89) 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
Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent, according to the doctrine of Velayat-e faqih.[5] He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."[6]
References
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- Ervand Abrahamian (1989). Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin. I.B.Tauris. p. 45. ISBN 9781850430773.
- "Islamic Consultative Assembly -5th Majlis: (July 2000)". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- Results of Assembly of Experts elections in some provinces - Irna Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- "Assembly of Experts members" (in Persian). Assembly of Experts. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- Iran Revolutionary Guards chief: U.S. losing in Iraq, Middle East
- Iran Report 20 May 2002
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| Preceded by Ali Akbar Parvaresh |
2nd Vice Speaker of Parliament of Iran 1993–1994 1995–2000 |
Succeeded by Hossein Hashemian |
| Preceded by Hossein Hashemian |
Succeeded by Mohammad Reza Khatami | |
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| Preceded by Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani |
Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association 2014–2018 |
Succeeded by Mostafa Pourmohammadi |
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