Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi (, born 1940) is a Supreme Leader's representative in Golestan Province, the leader of congregational Friday prayers of Gorgan, and a former member of the

Assembly of Experts The Assembly of Experts (), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme Leader of Iran. All directly elected members must first be vetted ...

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. He is considered the oldest Friday prayer leader in the country and the only provincial representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran to be a reformist .

Biography

Before Iran revolution

Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi was born in 1940. After elementary school, at the age of twelve, he studied religious sciences, and after four years of studying in Gorgan, he moved to Mashhad and from there to Qom. In the important centres of Islamic education, he studied religious sciences and attained the degree of ijtihad. Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohaghegh Damad, Mohammad Ali Araki, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani, Morteza Haeri Yazdi and Morteza Motahhari were among his professors.

Marriage

In 1962, he married the sister of Mohammad Fazel Lankarani and he has three sons and a daughter.

Struggles

Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi was an activist in the fight against Pahlavi. He was once commissioned by

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...

to deliver his message to the

mullah Mullah () is an honorific title for Islam, Muslim clergy and mosque Imam, leaders. The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and Sharia, sharia law. The title h ...

s of

Gorgan Gorgan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Gorgan County), Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies approximately to the nor ...

After Iran revolution

At the beginning of the Iranian Revolution, he became the head of the temporary committee of the youth revolution. In 1979, he was appointed the Friday Imamate of

and the representative of Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini in

and Dasht region. After Khomeini's death, the sentence of representing his supreme leader was enforced by

Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

Career

He is now the representative of the Vali-Faqih in Golestan province, leader of congregational

Friday prayer Friday prayer, or congregational prayer (), is the meeting together of Muslims for communal prayer and service at midday every Friday. In Islam, the day itself is called ''Yawm al-Jum'ah'' (shortened to ''Jum'ah''), which translated from Arabic me ...

s, a former member of the Assembly of experts, lecturer in the supreme and outside of the jurisprudence of Gorgan Seminary and the head of the Management Council of the Golestan Seminary.

References

External links

Official Website
* List of members of Assembly of Experts , Wikipedia * List of provincial representatives appointed by Supreme Leader of Iran , Wikipedia
Assembly of Experts , Official Website (Persian)

1998 ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION

2006 ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION
1940 births Iranian Islamists Members of the Assembly of Experts Iranian ayatollahs Living people People from Gorgan {{iran-politician-stub