Yousef Tabatabai Nejad

(Seyyed) Yousef Tabatabai Nejad (sometimes spelled as Tabatabaei-Nejad) is an Ayatollah and Friday leading prayer that represents the Isfahan Province in Iran's Assembly of Experts. Tabatabai is a hardline conservative who in 2016 claimed that the act of women taking pictures of themselves in the Zayanderud river contributed to a drought in said river.[3][4]

Seyyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad
سید یوسف طباطبایی‌نژاد
Representative of the Supreme Leader in Isfahan and Imam Jumu'ah of Isfahan
Assumed office
2002 September 11[1]
Preceded byTaheri Isfahani[2]
Personal details
Born1944
Ardestan, Iran
Alma materQom Hawza

References
  1. Ayatollah Tabatabai Nejad, Imam Jumu'ah of Isfahan Says from his Appointment donya-e-eqtesad.com
  2. Passing away of Ayatollah Taheri tarikhirani.ir
  3. "A cleric has told Iranian women their clothing is causing rivers to dry up". 11 June 2016.
  4. "Ayatollah blames drought on selfies".
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