Ali Tehrani Explained

Ali Tehrani
Office:Member of Assembly of Experts for the Constitution
Term Start:19 August 1979
Term End:15 November 1979
Alongside:Mahmoud RouhaniJavad AghatehraniAbolhassan Shirazi Ali FalsafiJalaleddin FarsiMohammad Khamenei
Constituency:Khorasan Province
Majority:559,639 (52.69%)
Birth Date:25 April 1926
Birth Place:Arangeh, Iran
Death Place:Arangeh, Iran
Spouse:Badri Khamenei
Children:5; including Farideh and Mahmoud
Relatives:Ali Khamenei (brother-in-law)

Ali Tehrani (born Ali Moradkhani Arangeh, Persian: علی مرادخانی ارنگه; 25 April 1926 – 19 October 2022),[1] also known as Sheikh Ali Tehrani, was an Iranian Shia Islamic theologian and writer. He served as the representative of Khorasan Province in the Assembly of Experts for Constitution.

During his youth, he fought the Pahlavi dynasty and was arrested, put in jail and sent to exile by the regime. He was a Mujtahid and a disciple of Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi and Ruhollah Khomeini. After the Islamic Revolution and continuing his political career, he was sent to prison in Mashhad and was eventually released after months.[2] When Khomeini appointed Khameni as Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam, Tehrani opposed the move due to Khameni's alleged homosexual tendancies.[3] [4] Tehrani then secretly fled from the state-imposed house arrest in March 1984 to Iraq. From there, he preached against the Islamic Republic and its rulers, in broadcasts by Baghdad's Farsi-speaking radio and television.[5] He returned to Iran in 1995 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison but was released ten years later in 2005. Through his wife Badri Khamenei, he was Seyyed Ali Khamenei's brother-in-law.[6]

Tehrani died on 19 October 2022, at the age of 96.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official website of Sheikh Ali Tehrani . Ali Tehrani . 29 November 2018 . 17 September 2011.
  2. Web site: ماهرویان . پوریا . 'دشمن خانگی' در جمهوری اسلامی؛ خودی‌هایی که راه دیگری رفتند . BBC Persian . BBC . 29 November 2018 . 28 November 2018.
  3. Khamenei accused of sodomy by dissident Shia clerics . 2024-04-11 . EBN HUSSEIN حسن شمراني . 2024-05-21 . YouTube.
  4. Web site: استاد علی تهرانی . 2024-05-21 . www.ali-tehrani.com.
  5. Web site: شرف الدین . بزرگمهر . علی خامنه‌ای از نگاه خواهرزاده‌اش . BBC Persian . BBC . 29 November 2018.
  6. News: Afashari . Ali . شیخ علی تهرانی و موضوع تعهد آیت الله خمینی به ساواک . 29 November 2018 . Radio Zamaneh . 14 January 2017.
  7. https://www.iranintl.com/202210203791 «شیخ علی تهرانی» شوهرخواهر علی خامنه‌ای درگذشت