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Muḥammad ʿAlī Muwaḥḥidī Kirmānī

Template:Infobox Religious Political Person Muḥammad ʿAlī Muwaḥḥidī Kirmānī (Persian: محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی) (b. 1310 Sh/1931-32) is the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and the Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association. He is considered one of the clerics and political activists both before and after the Islamic Revolution of Iran. After the revolution, he assumed numerous responsibilities, including: representing the Assembly of Experts for six terms and chairing it since 1403 Sh/2024, serving as the Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association, acting as the interim chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council, and being a Temporary Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran.

Muwahhidi completed his seminary education in Kerman, Qom, Najaf, and Mashhad, benefiting from masters such as Ayatullah Burujirdi, Imam Khomeini(r), Hakim, Ayatullah Khoei(d), and Milani. Before the revolution, Muwahhidī was active against the Pahlavi regime in Kerman and Tehran. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Muwahhidi Kirmani became the Friday Prayer Leader of Bakhtaran (Kermanshah) by the decree of Imam Khomeini, succeeding 'Ata' Allah Ashrafi Isfahani. During that period, which accompany with the Iran-Iraq War, he was continuously present at the war fronts.

Introduction and Position

Muḥammad ʿAli Muwahhidi Kirmani is the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and the Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association. Before the Revolution, he was active against the Pahlavi regime in Kerman and Tehran, and after the revolution, he assumed numerous responsibilities.

After studying in Qom, Najaf, and Mashhad, Muwahhidi Kirmani returned to Kerman and was active against the Pahlavi regime for several years. In 1348 Sh/1969, he went to Tehran and engaged in propagation and party activities at the invitation of Muhammad Javad Bahonar in the Muslim b. 'Aqil Mosque. According to himself, he was a member of the central council of the Combatant Clergy Association and the secretary of the association in East Tehran, and was also a member of the Islamic Republic Party.

In Kerman, due to his activities and speeches against the Pahlavi regime, Muwahhidi was caused by SAVAK and banned from the pulpit (mamnuʿ al-minbar), and in 1343 Sh/1964, he was banned from the platfrom again for the same reason. From 1344 Sh/1965, he had permission for Hisbiyya Affairs from Imam Khomeini(r) and was detained for about two months some time before the revolution. In early 1357 Sh/1978, Muwahhidī went to Iraq and had several private meetings with the Imam, in which he presented the program of the Combatant Clergy Association and conveyed important instructions for the association and the Islamic Republic Party.

With the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Muwahhidī became one of the officials of the Islamic Republic in various responsibilities. During the Iran-Iraq War, when he was the Friday Prayer Leader of Bakhtaran (Kermanshah), he was continuously present at the fronts and had a close relationship with the combatants.

Muḥammad ʿAli Muwahhidi Kirmani alongside Muhammad Ibrahim Hemmat

Responsibilities

Some of Muwahhidi Kirmani, 's responsibilities include:

• The sixth Chairman of the Assembly of Experts (since 1 Khordad 1403 Sh/May 21, 2024) and its representative for six consecutive terms;
• Interim Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council for six months (1395-1396 Sh/2016-2017) and a real member of it in the second to eighth terms;
• Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association (since 11 Azar 1393 Sh/December 2, 2014);
• Temporary Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran (since 1391 Sh/2012);
• Friday Prayer Leader of Bakhtaran (Kermanshah) by the decree of Imam Khomeini for three years (1361-1364 Sh/1982-1985) after the Martyrdom of Ashrafi Isfahani;
• Representative of the Wali al-Faqih in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1370 Sh/1991 to 1384 Sh/2005;
• Representative of the people of Kerman in the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) and the people of Tehran in the second to fifth terms;
• Responsibilities in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, such as Deputy Speaker of the Majlis, Chairman of the Internal Affairs Commission of the Majlis, and Chairman of the Defense Affairs Commission of the Majlis.

Academic Biography

Muḥammad ʿAli Muwahhidi Kirmani, son of Shaykh ʿAbbas, one of the famous clergyman of Kerman, was born in Kerman in 1310 Sh/1931. He completed his preliminary seminary studies in Kerman and went to Qom in 1325 Sh/1946. In Qom, he benefited from masters such as Ayatullah Sayyid Ḥusayn Burujirdīi, Muḥaqqiq Damad, Imam Khomeini(r), and Muhammad Ali Araki. In 1335 Sh/1956, he went to Najaf and attended the lessons of Sayyid Muhsin Tabataba'i Hakim, Al-Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei, Sayyid Mahmud Shahrudi, and Mirza Hashim Amuli. Muwaḥḥidī Kirmānī also attended the lessons of Sayyid Muhammad Hadi Milani in Mashhad for a short time. Hashimi Rafsanjani, Rabbani Amlashi, Muṭahhari, Bihishti, Muʾmin Qummi, Jannati, Tahiri Khurramabadi, and Mahdavi Kani are among his classmates and close friends.