Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi ( fa, سید کاظم نورمفیدی, born 1940) is a Supreme Leader's representative in Golestan Province, the leader of congregational Friday prayers of Gorgan, and a member of the
Assembly of Experts in
Iran. He is considered the oldest Friday prayer leader in the country and the only representative of the reformist Supreme Leader in Iran.
Biography
Before Iran revolution
Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi was born in 1940. After elementary school, at the age of twelve, he studied religious sciences, and after four years of studying in Gorgan, he moved to Mashhad and from there to Qom. In the important centres of Islamic education, he studied religious sciences and attained the degree of ijtihad.
Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
,
Mohaghegh Damad,
Mohammad Ali Araki,
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani,
Morteza Haeri Yazdi and
Morteza Motahhari were among his professors.
Marriage
In 1962, he married the sister of
Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani (1931 – June 16, 2007) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. He was student of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi. He was a child of a Persian mother and an Azerbaijani father.
Biography and clerical activities
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and he has three sons and a daughter.
Struggles
Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi was an activist in the fight against
Pahlavi
Pahlavi may refer to:
Iranian royalty
*Seven Parthian clans, ruling Parthian families during the Sasanian Empire
*Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house of Imperial State of Persia/Iran from 1925 until 1979
**Reza Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944 ...
. He was once commissioned by
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
to deliver his message to the
mullahs of
Gorgan.
After Iran revolution
At the beginning of the Iranian Revolution, he became the head of the temporary committee of the youth revolution. In 1979, he was appointed as the Friday Imamate of
Gorgan and the representative of
Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
in
Gorgan and Dasht region. After Khomeini's death, the sentence of representing his supreme leader was enforced by
Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Career
He is now the representative of the
Vali-Faqih in Golestan province, leader of congregational
Friday prayers, a member of the Assembly of experts, lecturer in the supreme and outside of the jurisprudence of Gorgan Seminary and the head of the Management Council of the Golestan Seminary.
See also
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Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
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Sadeq Larijani
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Abdul-Nabi Namazi
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, office = Member of the Assembly of Experts
, term_start = 8 October 1990
, term_end = 15 December 2006
, constituency = Bushehr Province
, term_start1 = 15 Dec ...
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List of Ayatollahs
This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only t ...
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List of members in the First Term of the Council of Experts
References
External links
Official Website*
List of members of Assembly of Experts , Wikipedia
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List of provincial representatives appointed by Supreme Leader of Iran , Wikipedia
Assembly of Experts , Official Website (Persian)1998 ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION2006 ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION
1940 births
Iranian Islamists
Members of the Assembly of Experts
Iranian ayatollahs
Living people
People from Gorgan
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