Mohammad Momen

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Mohammad Momen
Semnan Province
Member of the Guardian Council
In office
17 July 1983 – 21 February 2019
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Ali Khamenei
Personal details
Born(1938-01-13)13 January 1938
Qom, Iran
Died21 February 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 81)
Tehran, Iran
Political partySociety of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Alma materHawza Najaf

Faqih (a cleric qualified to judge based on Islamic law) and a very influential member of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
.

Influence in government

He simultaneously sat on the

Political position

He was a moderate conservative,

] considered him to be more of a theologian than a politician.

References

  1. ^ "1982 Assembly of Experts Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 19 October 2015, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ^ "محمد مؤمن؛ فقیهِ قدرت". BBC News فارسی.
  3. ^ CNN News
  4. ^ Iran Report
  5. ^ Financial Times