Seyyed ''Sayyid'' is an honorific title of Hasanid and Husaynid lineage, recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and Ali's sons Hasan and Husayn. The title may also refer to the descendants of the fa ...

Nasir Hosseini (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: سید نصیر حسینی) (born: 1967,

Yasuj Yasuj (; ) is a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Yasuj is an industrial city in the Zagros Mountains of southwes ...

) is an Iranian

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cleric who is the representative of

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in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province and likewise the

Imam of Friday Prayer The Imam of Friday Prayer (), or ''Imam Jom'a'' (''Jumu'ah''), is the person who conducts the Friday prayer in Islam and preaches related sermons. Qualifications to serve An Imam of Friday Prayer is expected to be distinguished for intellect ...

in the city of Yasuj who has been recently appointed by the decree of Iran's

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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 ...

at the mentioned position(s).

Life

Seyyed Nasir Hosseini was born in 1967 in

( Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province) in a religious

family. He passed his elementary education in Yasuj, and went to the

Hawzah A hawza () or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah () is the collective term (plural hawzat) for a ''madrasa'' (i.e. seminary) where Marja', Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated. The word ''ḥawzah'' is Arabic, and has been adopted into Persian as a loan word. ...

of "Hazrat Wali-asr" in his city --in 1983. Later on, Hosseini went to

Shiraz Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...

(to Hawzah AqaBabaKhan), and studied his religious education there; likewise, he taught there as a teacher. This Iranian Shia cleric, participated during Iran-Iraq War, and he is a

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--as a result of attending in the mentioned war. He has also the record of being the

(for 10 years) in the city of Dehdasht.

Teachers

Hosseini immigrated to

Qom Seminary The Qom Seminary (') is the largest and one of the foremost Shia Islam, Shia hawzas (Islamic seminaries), located in the city of Qom, Iran. It is the largest seminary in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom to ...

after the war; and passed his seminary lessons (at the lessons of Rasael, Makasib, Kharij-Fiqh and Osul rinciples; and had teachers among:

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, Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat,

Hossein Waheed Khorasani Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani (; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh (Persian: )‎; 1 January 1921) is an Iranian author and Shia marja'. He is the current head of the Qom Seminary. Khorasani is considered to be the most learne ...

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, Karimi Jahromi and Ostadi.The records of the new representative of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad and Imam of Friday in Yasuj
isna.ir

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hosseini, Nasir Representatives of the supreme leader in the provinces of Iran Iranian ayatollahs 1967 births Living people People from Yasuj

Life

Teachers

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