Mohammad Momen
Mohammad Momen | |
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Semnan Province | |
Member of the Guardian Council | |
In office 17 July 1983 – 21 February 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei |
Personal details | |
Born | Qom, Iran | 13 January 1938
Died | 21 February 2019 Tehran, Iran | (aged 81)
Political party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
Alma mater | Hawza 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
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Influence in government
He simultaneously sat on the
Political position
He was a moderate conservative,fundamentalists in Iran. Some[who?] considered him to be more of a theologian than a politician.
References
- ^ "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
- ^ "محمد مؤمن؛ فقیهِ قدرت". BBC News فارسی.
- ^ CNN News
- ^ Iran Report
- ^ Financial Times