List of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams

The following is a list of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams that were appointed after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It contains both permanent and temporary Imams. The current Imam is Supreme Leader of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei, who also appoints temporary Imams. Mohammad Emami Kashani, Ahmad Khatami, Kazem Seddiqi, Ali Movahedi-Kermani, Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard and Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari are currently Tehran's temporary Imams.[1]

Ali Khamenei, current supreme leader of Iran as Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam in 1980.

Imams
N°ImamDateAppointed byNotes
1Sayyed Abolqasem Emam JomehUnknown – UnknownDismissed from the position by the Constitutionalists[2]
2Mohammad Emamzadeh1908 – 1947UnknownDied in a candle[2]
3Hassan Emami1947 – 1979Mohammad-Reza ShahLeft office due to Iranian Revolution[2]

Post-1979
N°ImamDateAppointed byNotes
1Mahmoud Taleghani27 July 1979 – 9 September 1979[3] Ruhollah KhomeiniDied in office
2Hussein-Ali Montazeri12 September 1979 – 14 January 1980[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniResigned
3Ali Khamenei14 January 1980 – present[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniNominated by Hussein Ali Montazeri[3][4]

Temporary Imams
N°ImamDateAppointed byNotes
1Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili13 February 1981 – 24 December 1993[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniImamate unofficially anded
2Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani3 July 1981 – 17 July 2009[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniImamate unofficially anded
3Mohammed Emami-Kashani30 October 1981 – present[3]Ruhollah Khomeini
4Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlashi11 December 1981 – ?[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniHe was Imam 3 times
5Mohammad Yazdi1982 – late 1990s[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniResigned
6Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani11 March 1983 – 19 June 2009[3]Ruhollah KhomeiniHe was Imam 100 times
7Ahmad Jannati18 April 1994 – 11 March 2018[3]Ali KhameneiResigned
8Hassan Taheri Khorramabadi?Ali KhameneiHe was Imam 8 times[5]
9Ahmad Khatami18 December 2005 – present[6]Ali Khamenei
10Kazem Seddiqi1 August 2009 – present[6]Ali Khamenei
11Ali Movahedi-Kermani2 December 2012 – present[3]Ali Khamenei
12Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard14 February 2018 – present[3]Ali Khamenei
13Mohammad-Javad Haj Ali Akbari31 December 2018 – presentAli Khamenei

See also

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. Mir, Cyrus (December 13, 2011) [December 15, 1998]. "EMĀMĪ, Sayyed ḤASAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 4. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. p. 393. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  3. ائمه جمعه تهران؛ از حضوری ۳ هفته‌ای تا ۴۲۴ حضور (in Persian), Fars News Agency, retrieved 24 March 2015
  4. از حبس تا حصر؛ متن کامل گفت‌وگو با آیت‌الله منتظری (in Persian), BBC Persian, 18 December 2014, retrieved 24 March 2015, وقتی تهران بودم٬ ایشان من را امام جمعه قرار دادند. بعد که مجلس خبرگان قانون اساسی تمام شد رفتم خدمت ایشان و گفتم آقا من طلبه قم هستم و اصلا با من سازگار نیست که بخواهم در تهران باشم و در سیاست و اینها باشم. می خواهم بروم قم و مشغول طلبگی باشم. ایشان فرمودند امام جمعه تهران تو هستی و هرکسی را که می خواهی معین کن. که من آنجا باز آیت الله خامنه ای را معین کردم. به ایشان گفتم رکن نماز جمعه خطبه است و ایشان خوب خطبه می خواند، ایشان را قرار بدهیم. و بعد آمدم قم. بالاخره من نوعا در متن قضایا نبودم.
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