List of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams
Ali Khamenei current supreme leader of Iran as Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam in 1979.
This list of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams after 1979 Iranian Revolution contains both permanent and temporary ones. The current Imam is Supreme Leader of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei who appoints temporary Imams as well. Mohammad Emami Kashani, Ahmad Jannati, Ahmad Khatami, Kazem Seddiqi and Ali Movahedi-Kermani are currently Tehran's temporary Imams.[1]
Imams
| N° | Imam | Date | Appointed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahmoud Taleghani † | 27 July 1979–9 September 1979[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Died in office |
| 2 | Hussein Ali Montazeri † | 12 September 1979–14 January 1980[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Resigned |
| 3 | Sayyid Ali Khamenei | 14 January 1980–Present[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Nominated by Hussein Ali Montazeri |
Temporary Imams
| N° | Imam | Date | Appointed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili | 13 February 1981–24 December 1993[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Imamate unofficially ended |
| 2 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | 3 July 1981–17 July 2009[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Imamate unofficially ended |
| 3 | Mohammad Emami Kashani | 30 October 1981–Present[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | |
| 4 | Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlashi † | 11 December 1981–?[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | He was Imam 3 times |
| 5 | Mohammad Yazdi | 1982–late 1990s[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | |
| 6 | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani † | 11 March 1983–19 June 2009[2] | Ruhollah Khomeini | He was Imam 12 times |
| 7 | Ahmad Jannati | 3 April 1992–Present[2] | Sayyid Ali Khamenei | |
| 8 | Hassan Taheri Khorramabadi † | ? | Sayyid Ali Khamenei | He was Imam 9 times[2] |
| 9 | Ahmad Khatami | 2005–Present[2] | Sayyid Ali Khamenei | |
| 10 | Kazem Seddiqi | 2009–Present[2] | Sayyid Ali Khamenei | |
| 11 | Ali Movahedi-Kermani | 2012–Present[2] | Sayyid Ali Khamenei |
See also
- Jumu'ah § In Shia Islam (Friday prayer)
References
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