Mohsen Qomi
Mohsen Qomi | |
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Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
Assumed office 23 February 1999 | |
Constituency | Tehran Province |
Majority | 2,229,759 |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohsen Qomi |
Nationality | Iranian |
Political party |
Islamic Coalition Party Combatant Clergy Association |
Website | Official website |
Mohsen Qomi (Persian: محسن قمی) is an Iranian cleric, conservative politician and a member of the Assembly of Experts.
Career
Qomi is a cleric and has the title of Hojjatal Islam.[1] He is a member of the board of trustees of the Islamic Coalition Society.[2] In 2016, he joined Combatant Clergy Association.[3]
He has been a member of the Assembly of Experts, representing Tehran.[4] He was also elected to the fourth assembly in 2011, again representing Tehran.[5][6]
Until his resignation in January 2006 Qomi was the director of the Supreme Leader Khamanei's representative office in the Iranian universities.[7] The same date he was named a member to the high council of cultural revolution and also the council of the representative office in the Iranian universities.[7] He has also been serving as the deputy head of the Supreme Leader's office on international affairs and communications.[8] Qomi and Rahim Safavi, military advisor to the Supreme Leader Khamenei, oversee the Iranian nuclear bomb progress.[9]
In late July 2013, the Mehr news agency reported that he was the only candidate for the intelligence minister at the cabinet of newly-elect president Hassan Rouhani.[1] However, not Qomi but Mahmoud Alavi was nominated for the post on 4 August.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Iran News Round Up 29 July 2013". Iran News Tracker. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ Paola Rivetti (February 2012). "Student movements in the Islamic Republic: Shaping Iran's politics through the campus". In Rouzbeh Parsi. Iran: A revolutionary republic in transition (Chaillot Papers). Paris: e Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).
- ↑ "عضو جدید جامعه روحانیت مبارز معارفه شدند". Islamic Republic News Agency (in Persian). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Islamic Republic of Iran Members of Assembly of Experts". Iran Online. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ Jesse, Eric (August 2011). "Forecasting the Future of Iran" (PhD Thesis). e Pardee RAND Graduate School. Santa Monica. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Iran Assembly of Experts' election results announced". Iran Focus. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- 1 2 "Leader Appoints New Director of Representative Office in Universities". AhlulBayt. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "What the Iranian Papers Suggest". Nasim Online. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ Kahlili, Reza (11 February 2012). "Countdown! Iran's finger on nuclear trigger". WND. Washington. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Hassan Rouhani's New List of Ministers Unveiled". Haberler. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.