Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria ( fa, محمدناصر سقای بیریا) is an Iranian
Shi'a
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
cleric,
conservative
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politician and head of psychology department at
Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute. He is a senior member of
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability ( fa, جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی, Jebha-ye pāydārī-e enqelāb-e eslāmī, also translated Persevering Front, Endurance Front and Steadfast Front) is an Iranian principlist politica ...
. In the early 2000s, Saghaye-Biria was
Imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
of The Islamic Education Center of Houston, Texas.
He is a ''protégé'' of
Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi
Ayatollah Taqi Mesbah ( fa, تقی مصباح; born Taqi Givechi, fa, تقی گیوهچی), commonly known as Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi ( fa, محمدتقی مصباح یزدی, 31 January 1935 – 1 January 2021) was an Iranian Shi' ...
and served as an
advisor
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to
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدینژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956), on clerical and religious affairs.
Electoral history
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Presidential advisers of Iran
Living people
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians
McGill University alumni
University of Houston alumni
Imams in North America
People from Kermanshah
Imam Khomeini's Educational and Research Institute
1958 births
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