This article lists Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams that were appointed after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It contains both permanent and temporary Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams. The current Imam is Supreme Leader of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei, who also appoints temporary Imams. Ahmad Khatami, Kazem Seddiqi, Ali Movahedi-Kermani, Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard and Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari are current temporary Imams.[1]
Imams
| N° | Imam | Date | Appointed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sayyed Abolqasem Emam Jomeh | Unknown – 1908 | Unknown | Dismissed from the position by the Constitutionalists[2] |
| 2 | Mohammad Emamzadeh | 1908–1947 | Unknown | Died in office[2] |
| 3 | Hassan Emami | 1947–1979 | Mohammad Reza Shah | Left office due to Iranian Revolution[2] |
Post-1979
| N° | Imam | Date | Appointed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahmoud Taleghani | 27 July 1979 – 9 September 1979[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Died in office |
| 2 | Hussein-Ali Montazeri | 12 September 1979 – 14 January 1980[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Resigned |
| 3 | Ali Khamenei | 14 January 1980 – present[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Nominated by Hussein Ali Montazeri[3][4] |
Temporary Imams
| N° | Imam | Date | Appointed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili | 13 February 1981 – 24 December 1993[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Imamate unofficially ended |
| 2 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | 3 July 1981 – 17 July 2009[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Imamate unofficially ended |
| 3 | Mohammed Emami-Kashani | 30 October 1981 – 2 March 2024[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Died in office |
| 4 | Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlashi | 11 December 1981 – ?[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | He was Imam for 3 times |
| 5 | Mohammad Yazdi | 1982 – late 1990s[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | Resigned |
| 6 | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | 11 March 1983 – 19 June 2009[3] | Ruhollah Khomeini | He was Imam for 100 times |
| 7 | Ahmad Jannati | 3 April 1992 – 11 March 2018[3] | Ali Khamenei | Resigned |
| 8 | Hassan Taheri Khorramabadi | ? | Ali Khamenei | He was Imam for 8 times[3] |
| 9 | Ahmad Khatami | 18 December 2005 – present[3] | Ali Khamenei | |
| 10 | Kazem Seddiqi | 1 August 2009 – present[3] | Ali Khamenei | |
| 11 | Ali Movahedi-Kermani | 2 December 2012 – present[3] | Ali Khamenei | |
| 12 | Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard | 14 February 2018 – present[3] | Ali Khamenei | |
| 13 | Mohammad-Javad Haj Ali Akbari | 31 December 2018 – present | Ali Khamenei |
See also
References
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