List of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams

Ali Khamenei current supreme leader of Iran as Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam in 1979.

This List of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams after 1979 Iranian Revolution contains both permanent and temporary ones. Current Imam is Supreme Leader of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei who appoints temporary Imams as well. Mohammad Emami Kashani, Ahmad Jannati, Ahmad Khatami, Kazem Seddiqi and Ali Movahedi-Kermani are currently Tehran's temporary Imams.[1]

Imams

N° Imam Date Appointed by Notes
1 Mahmoud Taleghani †27 July 1979–9 September 1979[2] Ruhollah KhomeiniDied in office
2 Hussein Ali Montazeri †12 September 1979–14 January 1980[2] Ruhollah KhomeiniResigned
3 Sayyid Ali Khamenei 14 January 1980–Present[2] Ruhollah Khomeini Nominated by Hussein Ali Montazeri

Temporary Imams

N° Imam Date Appointed by Notes
1 Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili13 February 1981–24 December 1993[2] Ruhollah KhomeiniImamate unofficially ended
2 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani3 July 1981–17 July 2009[2] Ruhollah KhomeiniImamate unofficially ended
3 Mohammad Emami Kashani30 October 1981–Present[2] Ruhollah Khomeini
4Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlashi †11 December 1981–?[2] Ruhollah KhomeiniHe was Imam 3 times
5 Mohammad Yazdi1982–late 1990s[2] Ruhollah Khomeini
6 Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani †11 March 1983–19 June 2009[2] Ruhollah KhomeiniHe was Imam 12 times
7 Ahmad Jannati3 April 1992–Present[2] Sayyid Ali Khamenei
8 Hassan Taheri Khorramabadi †? Sayyid Ali KhameneiHe was Imam 9 times[2]
9 Ahmad Khatami2005–Present[2] Sayyid Ali Khamenei
10Kazem Seddiqi2009–Present[2] Sayyid Ali Khamenei
11Ali Movahedi-Kermani2012–Present[2] Sayyid Ali Khamenei

References

  1. ↑ چه کسانی به نیابت از رهبری نماز جمعه می خوانند؟/مروری بر سوابق5امام جمعه موقت تهران (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 24 March 2015
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ائمه جمعه تهران؛ از حضوری ۳ هفته‌ای تا ۴۲۴ حضور (in Persian), Fars News Agency, retrieved 24 March 2015
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