Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani | |
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محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی | |
 Movahedi in 2019 | |
| Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2024 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Jannati |
| Chairman of theExpediency 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 ofExpediency 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 | 1931 (age 94–95) |
| Party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Other political affiliations | Islamic Republican Party(1979–1987)[1] |
AyatollahMohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani (Persian:محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی; born 1931) isTehran'sFriday PrayerEphemeral Imam and the former secretary-general ofCombatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of theAssembly of Experts. He is aconservative andprinciplistpolitician.
He was formerly one of the deputy speakers in theIslamic Consultative Assembly.[2]
Movahedi won 685,974 votes of theKerman province for his re-election to the 4th Assembly of Experts.[3] He was ranked 2nd afterAhmad Khatami in the constituency.[4]
In 2019, Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in Tehran Friday prayer declared thatTelegram isharam and requested aNational Information Network deployment like thegreat firewall of China.[5]Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of theChief Islamic Jurisprudent, according to the doctrine ofVelayat-e faqih.[6] He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."[7]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Assembly of Experts 2024– | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Assembly seats | ||
| Preceded by | 2nd Vice Speaker of Parliament of Iran 1993–1994 1995–2000 | Succeeded by Hossein Hashemian |
| Preceded by Hossein Hashemian | Succeeded by | |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Secretary-Generalof theCombatant Clergy Association 2014–2018 | Succeeded by |
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