Back أحمد جنتي Arabic احمد جنتى ARZ Əhməd Cənnəti Azerbaijani احمد جنتی AZB ئەحمەد جەننەتی CKB Ahmad Dschannati German احمد جنتی Persian Ahmad Jannati French Ahmad Jannati ID アフマド・ジャンナティー Japanese
Ahmad Jannati | |
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احمد جنتی | |
 Jannati in 2016 | |
| Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2016 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Yazdi |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| In office 17 March 1997 – 20 September 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Secretary of the Guardian Council | |
| Assumed office 17 July 1992[1] | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani |
| Tehran's Temporary Friday Prayer Imam | |
| In office 3 April 1992[2] – 11 March 2018[3] | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 23 February 1999 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 1,321,130 (29.35%) |
| In office 15 August 1983[4] – 22 February 1999 | |
| Constituency | Khuzestan Province |
| Member of the Guardian Council | |
| Assumed office 20 February 1980[5] | |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1927[6] Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom[7] |
| Spouse(s) | First spouse (divorced) Sediqeh Mazaheri (1947–2015; her death) Third spouse (2017–2023)[8] |
| Children | 4, including Ali |
| Residence(s) | Tehran, Iran |
| Profession | Politician, cleric |
Ahmad Jannati (born 23 February 1927) is an Iranian conservative politician. He was born in Ladan, Isfahan. Jannati is known for his anti-LGBT rhetoric and opposition to secularism.[9] He is also a founding member of the Haghani school of thought.
As of now, he occupies two prominent posts in Iranian politics namely as chairman of the Assembly of Experts, the body charged with choosing the Supreme Leader, and as chairman of the Guardian Council,[10] the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis with the Constitution and sharia, and approving the candidates in various elections. Although many believe that he is too old to be running two of the most significant organisations in the country, however, the trust that Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader has in Janati, has kept him in power despite all the criticism.[11]
- ^ اعتراف جنتی: سرکوب کردیم، نابود نشدند (in Persian). Rooz Online. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ ائمه جمعه تهران؛ از حضوری ۳ هفته‌ای تا ۴۲۴ حضور (in Persian). Fars News Agency. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ موافقت با کناره‌گیری آیت الله جنتی از امامت جمعه تهران
- ^ "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
- ^ همه چیز درباره آیت الله احمد جنتی (in Persian). Iranian Students' News Agency. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati".
- ^ سايت اطلاع رساني شوراي نگهبان/آيت الله احمد جنتي (in Persian). Guardian Council. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ همسر آیت‌الله جنتی درگذشت (in Persian)
- ^ "Secretary of Iranian Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: I Spit in the Face of the West, which Has Made Homosexuality Official and Legal".
- ^ Iranian cleric says UK embassy staff face trial 3 July 2009
- ^ "Iran's Supreme Leader Reinstates 95-Year-Old Cleric In Key Post". iranintl.com. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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