Mohammed Emami-Kashani

Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani (Persian: محمد امامی کاشانی‎) is a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran.[2] He is also the head of Shahid Motahari University, Tehran.

Mohammad Emami-Kashani
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
21 February 1991
ConstituencyTehran Province
Majority2,286,483
Personal details
Born (1931-10-03) 3 October 1931
Kashan, Iran
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association[1]

He has called al-Qaeda an "illegitimate child of America and Israel":

You talk about al-Qaeda. Have you forgotten who has bred al-Qaeda? It's the illegitimate child of America and Israel, but you name it Islam. This savagery is not Islam. It is coming from inside of you and it is now punching you.[3]

He is a proponent of the rule of law with the following condition,

The law comes from the people and our laws are based on Islam.[4]

References and notes
  1. "موحدی کرمانی دبیرکل شد" [Movahedi-Kermani became the General Secretary] (in Persian). Iranian Students' News Agency. 3 December 2014. 93091207754. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. Iran IRNA: Kashani on Right to Nuclear Technology - 10-14-05
  3. BBC NEWS | Middle East | UK invited attacks - Iran cleric
  4. FarsiNet News - News related to Iran, Iranians and Persians - June 1998
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani		 Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association
(Acting)
1996		 Succeeded by
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
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