Ali Movahedi-Kermani

Ali Movahedi-Kermani
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 1931 (age 8485)
Kerman, Iran
Political party Combatant Clergy Association
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)[1]
Religion Islam

Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the current secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of the Assembly of Experts.

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.[5] He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."[6]

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