Ali Movahedi-Kermani


Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani 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 was formerly one of the deputy speakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Political career

Movahedi won 685,974 votes of the Kerman Province for his re-election to the 4th Assembly of Experts. He was ranked 2nd after Ahmad Khatami in the constituency.

Views

Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent, according to the doctrine of Velayat-e faqih. He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures."