Ali Movahedi-Kermani

Ali Movahedi-Kermani
Secretary-General of Combatant Clergy Association
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2014
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani
Tehran's Ephemeral Friday Prayer Imam
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2012
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Member of Assembly of Experts
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 1983
Constituency	Kerman Province (1983–2016) Tehran Province (since 2016)
Majority	2,134,963 (5th term)
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office 28 May 1980 – 3 May 2000
Constituency	Kerman (1st term) Tehran (2nd-5th term)
Majority	1,025,629 (44.6%; 5th term)
Personal details
Born	1931 (age 84–85) Kerman, Iran
Political party	Combatant Clergy Association
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the current leader of Combatant Clergy Association. He was a member of the 3rd Assembly of Experts.

He was formerly one of the deputy speakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.^[1]

Views

Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent.^[2] He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."^[3]

4th Assembly of Experts

Movahedi reportedly won 685,974 votes of the Kerman Province for his re-election to the 4th Assembly of Experts.^[4] He was ranked 2nd after Ahmad Khatami in the constituency.^[5]

References & notes

1. Islamic Consultative Assembly -5th Majlis: (July 2000)
2. Iran Revolutionary Guards chief: U.S. losing in Iraq, Middle East
3. Iran Report 20 May 2002
4. Results of Assembly of Experts elections in some provinces - Irna
5. "Assembly of Experts members" (in Persian). Assembly of Experts. Retrieved 28 October 2014.