Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari

Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari
محسن مجتهد شبستری
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
1982
Constituency East Azerbaijan
Majority 743,818 (5th)
Majority 671,254 (4th)
Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and Friday Prayers Imam of Tabriz
Assumed office
1995
Preceded by Moslem Malakouti
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
1980–1988
Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
In office
1992–2000
Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Personal details
Born 1937
Shabestar, East Azerbaijan
Political party Combatant Clergy Association
Alma mater Qom Hawza
Religion Shia Islam

Ayatollah[1] Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari (Persian: محسن مجتهد شبستری, was born 1937 in Shabestar, East Azerbaijan) and is an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He is a member of the 1s, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate.[2] 4th term Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254[3] and last period 743,818 votes.[4] he was MP of Islamic Consultative Assembly in the electoral district of Tehran in the beginning of the revolution for first, second, fourth and fifth terms.[5] also he is Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and fourth imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution. Mojtahed Shabestari is a member of Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly.[6] His son Javad Mojtahed Shabestari is member of the Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan.[7]

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Political offices
Preceded by
IranMoslem Malakouti
Imam Jumu'ah of Tabriz and Representative of the Supreme Leader
1995- present
Succeeded by
N/A (incumbent)
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