Alireza Panahian

Ali Reza Panahian (also Ali-Reza Panahian; Persian: علیرضا پناهیان‎; born 1965 Tehran) is an influential Iranian Shiite cleric and official. He is a Hojatoleslam (a "middle-ranked" Shia cleric) and head of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's "think tank for universities."[1] In February 2011 he was among some "70 high-ranking" officials of the Islamic Republic who established an "`Ammar` organization" or "Ammar Headquarters" calling for the "trial and execution" of former presidential candidates and Iranian Green Movement protest leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.[2][3] Raja News has listed him as one of 40-odd "students, confidants and political companions" close to most ideological leader Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi.[4]

Panahian in 2017

Panahian also addressed the 2010 "Islamic Unity Seminar" in Lahore, Pakistan on the subjects of the Prophet Muhammad's "character and Islamic Unity."[5]

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In July 2010 he issued a statement "calling for the purge of `liberal-minded and clean-shaven` individuals from government offices" and warned against an unnamed "group that 'will wage a war on values under the cover of Islamic slogans and symbols'".

References
  1. IRAN: Simmering tensions in lead-up to student protest anniversary, LA Times blogs, July 5, 2010
  2. “Amaar” organization for trial & execution of Karoubi & Mousavi Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, 12 February 2011
  3. In Iran, Protest Movement, Regime Prepare for February 14 Demonstrations, 13 February 2011
  4. Mesbah Yazdi's friends and allies, Nov. 9, 2009
  5. Hojatolislam Ali Reza Panahian addressed the Islamic Unity Seminar in Pakistan
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