Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi (

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: عبدالحسين معزی;

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: المعزی عبدالحسين) (born in 1945) is an Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer, and politician. He was born in

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. He was the personal representative of Grand Ayatollah

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

(the

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) in

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and also the Head of the Imam Ali Islamic Centre in Vienna until 2004. At present he is the personal representative of Khamenei in

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and Head of the

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Muslim students 'being taught to despise unbelievers as filth'
Living people Iranian Shia clerics 1945 births Religious leaders from Tehran Date of birth missing (living people) {{islam-bio-stub