Abbas Ali Akhtari

Ayatollah Sheikh
Abbas Ali Akhtari
Ayatollah Sheikh Abbas Ali Akhtari
آیت الله شیخ عباسعلی اختری
	Abbas Ali Akhtari in 2016
Representative of Supreme Leader
	In office; 1981 – 11 January 2003
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi
Constituency	Semnan Province
Friday Prayer Leader of Semnan
	In office; 1981 – 11 January 2003
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi
Member of First term of Islamic Consultative Assembly
	In office; 28 May 1980 – 27 May 1984
Constituency	Mashhad – Khorasan Province
Member of Seventh term of Islamic Consultative Assembly
	In office; 27 May 2004 – 26 May 2008
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	1,971,557 (26.36%)
Member of the Fifth term of Assembly of Experts
	In office; 22 February 2021 – 31 October 2022
Preceded by	Nasrallah Shah-Abadi
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	961,773 (49.99%)
عباسعلی اختری ; Abbas Ali Akhtari
Title	Ayatollah
Personal
Born	7 December 1939; Sorkheh, Imperial State of Iran
Died	31 October 2022 (aged 82)
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Iranian
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam
Alma mater	Qom Hawza

Sheikh Abbas Ali Akhtari (Persian: شیخ عباسعلی اختری; 7 December 1939^[1] – 31 October 2022)^[2] was an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Semnan province, while also serving as the Imam of Friday Prayer in Semnan.^[3] He also represented the people in Khorasan province in the early 80's for the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament). He later represented the people of Tehran province for the seventh term of the Iranian Parliament.^[4] He was a member of Assembly of Experts, from February 2021 to October 2022 in the fifth term of the Assembly of Experts, after the death of Nasrallah Shah-Abadi. He was elected in the first midterm elections of the Assembly of Experts on 23 February 2020.^[5]

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^ عضو مجلس خبرگان رهبری درگذشت (in Persian)
^ "سمنان تاکنون چند امام جمعه داشته است؟ - Who were the Friday Prayer Leaders of Semnan?". شبکه اطلاع رسانی راه دانا (in Persian). Archived from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ "Abbas Ali Akhtari – Member of Parliament". rc.majlis.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ "جدول نتایج انتخابات میان‌دوره‌ای مجلس خبرگان". ایسنا (in Persian). 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.