Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an 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 Arabic word p ...

Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani ( fa, محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی) is

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's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the former secretary-general of

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. He is also a member of the

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. He is a

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and principlist politician. He was formerly one of the deputy speakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Political career

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

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2019 Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in Tehran Friday prayer declared that

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and requested

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deployment like

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. Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent, according to the doctrine of ''

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''. He also believes that the

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is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."Iran Report
20 May 2002

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Iranian Islamists Shia Islamists Living people Second Deputies of Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Members of the Assembly of Experts Members of the 4th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly 1931 births Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Representatives of the Supreme Leader People from Kerman Province Iranian ayatollahs Combatant Clergy Association Secretaries-General {{Iran-politician-stub

Political career

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