This article lists Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams that were appointed after the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

of 1979. It contains both permanent and temporary

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Friday prayer Friday prayer, or congregational prayer (), is the meeting together of Muslims for communal prayer and service at midday every Friday. In Islam, the day itself is called ''Yawm al-Jum'ah'' (shortened to ''Jum'ah''), which translated from Arabic me ...

Imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...

s. The current Imam is

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Sayyid Ali Khamenei, who also appoints temporary Imams. Ahmad Khatami,

Kazem Seddiqi Kazem Seddiqi (, 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 Temporary Imam. A rival of President Ahmadi ...

, Ali Movahedi-Kermani,

Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard Hojatoleslam Seyyed Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard (; born January 30, 1953) is an Iranian conservative politician and a former first deputy speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He was the representative of Qazvin Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari () is an Iranian conservative politician and a Twelver cleric. He serves as temporary Imam of Friday Prayer The Imam of Friday Prayer (), or ''Imam Jom'a'' (''Jumu'ah''), is the person who conducts the Friday pra ...

are current temporary Imams.

Imams

Post-1979

Temporary Imams

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams * Friday Prayer Imams Friday Prayer Imams Religious leaders from Tehran

Imams

Post-1979

Temporary Imams

See also

References