Mohammed Emami-Kashani

Mohammad Emami-Kashani (Persian: محمد امامی کاشانی) is a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran.[3] He is also the head of Shahid Motahari University, Tehran.

Mohammad Emami-Kashani
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
15 August 1983 [1]
ConstituencyTehran Province
Majority2,286,483
Personal details
Born (1931-10-03) 3 October 1931
Kashan, Iran
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association[2]

He has called al-Qaeda an "illegitimate child of America and Israel":

You talk about al-Qaeda. Have you forgotten who has bred al-Qaeda? It's the illegitimate child of America and Israel, but you name it Islam. This savagery is not Islam. It is coming from inside of you and it is now punching you.[4]

References and notes

Party political offices
Preceded by
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association
(Acting)

1996
Succeeded by
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
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