Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani |
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Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council Acting |
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Assumed office 1 February 2017 |
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Preceded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Tehran's Ephemeral Friday Prayer Imam | |
Assumed office 2 December 2012 |
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Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Member of Assembly of Experts | |
Assumed office 24 May 2016 |
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Constituency | Tehran Province |
Majority | 2,134,963 |
In office 14 July 1983 – 24 May 2016 |
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Constituency | Kerman Province |
Member of the Parliament | |
In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 2000 |
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Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 1,025,629 (44.6%; 5th term) |
In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 |
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Constituency | Kerman |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani 1931 (age 85–86) Kerman, Iran |
Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
Other political affiliations |
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) |
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.
Movahedi won 685,974 votes of the Kerman Province for his re-election to the 4th Assembly of Experts. He was ranked 2nd after Ahmad Khatami in the constituency.
Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent. He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."
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