Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani

Mohammad-Ali
Movahedi-Kermani
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
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 December 2012
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Member of Assembly of Experts
	Incumbent
	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 92–93); Kerman, Iran
Political party	Combatant Clergy Association
Other political; affiliations	Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)

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 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

^ 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

Assembly seats
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
Party political offices
Preceded by Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani	Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association 2014–2018	Succeeded by Mostafa Pourmohammadi

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[1] Ervand Abrahamian (1989). Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin. I.B.Tauris. p. 45. ISBN 9781850430773.

[2] "Islamic Consultative Assembly -5th Majlis: (July 2000)". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2007-01-30.

[3] Results of Assembly of Experts elections in some provinces - Irna Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Assembly of Experts members" (in Persian). Assembly of Experts. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

[5] Iran Revolutionary Guards chief: U.S. losing in Iraq, Middle East

[6] Iran Report 20 May 2002

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