Reza Nouri ( fa, رضا نوری; born 1973, in
Bojnourd
Bojnord ( fa, ; also romanized Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord, Bojnord or Bujnurd), known in the Middle Ages as Buzanjird, is the capital city of North Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and al ...
) is the newly appointed representative of
Vali-e-Faqih (
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
The Guardianship or Governance/''Wilāyat'' of/by an Islamic Jurist/''Faqīh'' ( fa, , Velâyat-e Faqih; ar, وِلاَيَةُ ٱلْفَقِيهِ, Wilāyat al-Faqīh), is a concept in Twelver Shia Islamic law which holds that until the r ...
) in
North-Khorasan Province and is also the
Friday prayer
In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer ('' ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day according ...
leader (
Imam-Jom'eh) of Bojnourd. This 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 was the temporary
Friday-Imam of the city of Bojnourd before being appointed as the main/permanent Imam-Jom'eh of the city.
Life
This
Twelver
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
Shia
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 who is also known/called "Hujjatul-Islam Nouri" was born in 1973 in the village of Naveh around the city of Bojnourd, located in the northeastern of Iran. After finishing his education, Nouri began teaching in the
seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...
(
Hawzah
A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold so ...
) of Bojnourd in 2001. This representative of Vali-e-Faqih participated in the
Iran-Iraq war and served there in the Nasrallah Battalion.
Appointment
Reza Nouri was appointed as the representative of Vali-e-Faqih in North Khorasan Province and as the Imam Jom'eh of Bojnourd city (instead of Abul Qasem Ya'qoubi) on December 9, 2016 by the decree of
Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنهای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...
, the
Supreme Leader of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
Appointment of the representative of the Supreme Leader in North Khorasan Province and the Friday prayer leader of Bojnourd
khamenei.ir, Retrieved 11 December 2020
See also
*
* Sayyid Ahmad Alamolhoda (Representative of the Supreme Leader in Khorasan Razavi)
References
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Iranian Islamists
Living people
People from Bojnord
Iranian Shia clerics
Iranian politicians
Representatives of the Supreme Leader in the Provinces of Iran
1973 births
Shia Muslims