| Honorific-Prefix: | Ayatollah Seyed |
| Office1: | Friday Prayer Leader of Semnan |
| Caption: | Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi in Damghan, 2018. |
| Mohammad Shahcheraghi | |
| Native Name: | آیت الله سید محمد شاهچراغی |
| Office: | Representative of Supreme Leader |
| Term Start: | 11 January 2003 |
| Term End: | 4 August 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Abbas Ali Akhtari |
| Successor: | Morteza Motei |
| Appointer: | Ali Khamenei |
| Constituency: | Semnan Province |
| Term End1: | 4 August 2021 |
| Term Start1: | 11 January 2003 |
| Predecessor1: | Abbas Ali Akhtari |
| Successor1: | Morteza Motei |
| Appointer1: | Ali Khamenei |
| Office2: | Member of the Fourth and Fifth terms of Assembly of Experts |
| Term Start2: | 20 February 2007 |
| Term End2: | 21 May 2024 |
| Constituency2: | Semnan Province |
| Predecessor2: | Mohammad Ali Alemi |
| Majority3: | 165,485 (61.23%) (fourth) |
| Majority2: | 224,215 (68.98%) (fifth) |
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Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi, (born 10 June 1934) is an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Semnan province, as well being the Imam of Friday Prayer in Semnan. He was elected by the people of Semnan province to represent them in the Assembly of Experts for two terms.[3] [4] He was a member of Assembly of Experts until May 2024.
Mohammad Shahcheraghi was born on 10 June 1934 in Hasanabad, Damghan County to a religious family. His father, Seyed Hassan Shahcheraghi, was a cleric who gave prayers in their local village.[5] After finishing school in his hometown, he entered the Islamic seminary in Damghan, where he was taught by Sheikh Mohammad Reza Khodaei. After six years there, he left to Qom to further his Islamic studies in Qom Seminary. It was here he attained Ijtihad, and reached the rank Ayatollah.[6]
Here are some of Shahcerhaghi's teachers during his times in seminaries.
After the resignation of Abbas Ali Akhtari in 2003, Ali Khamenei chose Shahcheraghi to replace him as the representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Semnan province.[7] He was also the Imam of Friday Prayer in Semnan. He held those positions until 2021, where he resigned[8] and was replaced by Morteza Motei by Ali Khamenei.[9] He was elected by the people of Semnan province to represent them in the 2006 and 2016 elections for the Assembly of Experts. He currently retains that position.
He has spoken out about the water issues in Semnan,[10] and urged the management to fulfil the needs and satisfactions of the people. He also urged the protestors during the 2021 Khuzestan protests to not "fall into the trap of the enemies" i.e. the oppositions of the Iranian Government.[11]
He has also stated that having good hygiene and abiding by health and safety guidelines is an "Islamic Duty". He urged the people of Semnan to follow the health and safety precautions of COVID-19.[12]