Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from ...
Seyed Hassan Ameli Kalkhoran ( fa, سید حسن عاملی, born 1962 in
Ardabil
Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...
) is an Iranian
Shiite
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...
cleric
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...
, author and politician. He is a member of
4th and
5th Assembly of Experts
The Assembly of Experts ( fa, مجلس خبرگان رهبری, majles-e khobregân-e rahbari), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme ...
from
Ardabil Province electorate.
Ameli said about the
2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War,, IPA: ʰɑroɾjɑ pɑtɛɾɑzm az, Dördgünlük müharibə April War,; or April clashes, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on 1 April 2016 with the Artsakh D ...
: We have wish presence in
Karabakh war, Karabakh is the territory of Islam. I'd personally go to Nagorno-Karabakh War. his speech at Friday Prayers had many reflections in Azerbaijani media.
See also
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Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami
Mir-Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami ( fa, میرابراهیم سیدحاتمی;) born in Ardabil, (1924 – 6 January 2019) was one of the high rank Ayatullah of Ardabil province, and a member of the Assembly of Experts.
He was a member of 3rd and 4th Ass ...
References
External links
Hassan Ameli Website
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People from Ardabil
Members of the Assembly of Experts
Living people
1962 births
University of Tehran alumni
Representatives of the Supreme Leader in the Provinces of Iran
Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran alumni