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This article lists Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams that were appointed after the
Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
of 1979. It contains both permanent and temporary
Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
's
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 ...
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 ...
s. The current Imam is Supreme Leader of Iran
Sayyid 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 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election, since 1989. He ...
, who also appoints temporary Imams. Mohammad Emami-Kashani,
Ahmad Khatami Sayyid Ahmad Khatami ( fa, احمد خاتمی, born 8 May 1960) is a senior Iranian Shia cleric, member of Guardian Council and a senior member of the Assembly of Experts. In December 2005, Ali Khamenei appointed him as Tehran’s substitute ...
,
Kazem Seddiqi Kazem Seddiqi ( fa, کاظم صدیقی, born 4 March 1951, sometimes with the honorific Ayatollah, and surname anglicised as Sedighi) is an Iranian Shia scholar and Mujtahid currently serving as Tehran's Friday Prayer List of Tehran's Friday ...
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Ali Movahedi-Kermani Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani ( fa, محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی) is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the former secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of the Assembly of Experts. He is ...
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Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard Hojatoleslam Seyyed Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard ( fa, محمدحسن ابوترابی‌فرد; born January 30, 1953) is an Iranian conservative politician and the former first deputy speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He was representative ...
and
Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari ( fa, محمدجواد حاج‌علی‌اکبری) is an Iranian conservative politician and a Twelver cleric. He serves as temporary Imam of Friday Prayer in Tehran. Early life Akbari obtained his bachelor's deg ...
are current temporary Imams.


Imams


Post-1979


Temporary Imams


See also

* Friday prayer in Shia Islam *
List of provincial representatives appointed by Supreme Leader of Iran The Vali-e-Faqih representatives in provinces of Iran (Persian: فهرست نمایندگان ولی فقیه در استان‌های ایران) are the appointees of the Vali-e-Faqih Ali Khamenei based in each of the country’s provinces. Th ...


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