| Honorific-Prefix: | Ayatollah Sheikh | ||||||||||||
| Appointer1: | Ruhollah Khomeini | ||||||||||||
| Abbas Ali Akhtari | |||||||||||||
| Native Name: | آیت الله شیخ عباسعلی اختری | ||||||||||||
| Office: | Representative of Supreme Leader | ||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Term End: | 11 January 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Successor: | Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi | ||||||||||||
| Appointer: | Ruhollah Khomeini | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Office Created | ||||||||||||
| Constituency: | Semnan Province | ||||||||||||
| Office1: | Friday Prayer Leader of Semnan | ||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 11 January 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Office Created | ||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi | ||||||||||||
| Majority3: | 1,971,557 (26.36%) | ||||||||||||
| Term End2: | 27 May 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Constituency2: | Mashhad – Khorasan Province | ||||||||||||
| Office3: | Member of Seventh term of Islamic Consultative Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Term Start3: | 27 May 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Term End3: | 26 May 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Constituency3: | Tehran Province | ||||||||||||
| Office2: | Member of First term of Islamic Consultative Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Office4: | Member of the Fifth term of Assembly of Experts | ||||||||||||
| Term Start4: | 22 February 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Term End4: | 31 October 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Constituency4: | Tehran Province | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor4: | Nasrallah Shah-Abadi | ||||||||||||
| Majority4: | 961,773 (49.99%) | ||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 28 May 1980 | ||||||||||||
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Sheikh Abbas Ali Akhtari (; 7 December 1939[1] – 31 October 2022)[2] was an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Semnan province, while also serving as the Imam of Friday Prayer in Semnan.[3] He also represented the people in Khorasan province in the early 80's for the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament). He later represented the people of Tehran province for the seventh term of the Iranian Parliament.[4] He was a member of Assembly of Experts, from February 2021 to October 2022 in the fifth term of the Assembly of Experts, after the death of Nasrallah Shah-Abadi. He was elected in the first midterm elections of the Assembly of Experts on 23 February 2020.[5]
Abbas Ali Akhtari was born on 7 December 1939 in Sorkheh. After obtaining his diploma in school in his hometown, he went to Mashhad to attend the Hawza there. He stayed there for around 20 years, before leaving to Qom to attend advanced classes in Islamic studies in Qom Seminary, as well as teach there.[6] He had been in trouble with SAVAK before the Iranian Revolution, he was arrested for making anti-Shah speeches.[7] He served the Iranian military service alongside Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.[8] After the revolution, he was chosen by Ruhollah Khomeini to represent him in Semnan province, as well as leading the prayers in Semnan. He resigned from these posts in 2001, and Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi was chosen by Ali Khamenei to replace him.[9] He served two terms in the Iranian Parliament. He was unsuccessful in the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election,[10] however, was elected in the midterm elections in 2020 replacing Nasrallah Shah-Abadi.
Abbas Ali Akhtari has published several works throughout his life. Here are some of them.[11]