Mohammed Emami-Kashani

Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2024)

محمد امامی کاشانی

Emami-Kashani in 2019

Member of the Assembly of ExpertsIn office
15 August 1983 ^[1] – 2 March 2024ConstituencyTehran ProvinceMajority2,286,483Tehran's Ephemeral Friday Prayer ImamIn office
30 October 1981 – 2 March 2024Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini Personal detailsBorn(1931-10-03)3 October 1931
Kashan, PersiaDied2 March 2024(2024-03-02) (aged 92)
Tehran, IranPolitical partyCombatant Clergy Association^[2]

Mohammad Emami-Kashani (Persian: محمد امامی کاشانی; 3 October 1931 – 2 March 2024) was an Iranian politician who was a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran.^[3] He was also the head of Shahid Motahari University, Tehran.^{[citation needed]}

Emami-Kashani 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]

Death

Born on 3 October 1931,^[5]^[6]^[7] he died on 2 March 2024, at the age of 92.^[8]^[9]

References and notes

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^ Ayatollah Emami Kashani passes away