List of current Iranian Friday prayers Imams
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This is a list of current Iran
ian Friday prayers Imam
s, sorted according to the city:
, Salat al-Jumu'ah is a congregational prayer held just after noon in lieu of dhuhr
or noon-time prayer done at that time the rest of the week.) According to Asghar Schirazi, the leaders are appointed directly by Iran's Supreme Leader
or through the Secretariat of Friday Imams in all the cities. Their "official functions is to supervise religious activity, propagate the doctrine of Valayat-e Faqih and agitation," but in practice they have considerably more power and "stands over the local governors and mayors." They have also been described as part of the Islamic Republic's "parallel layer" of power, their function being in part to watch over local government officials, such as provincial governors.
, Qom friday prayer leaders - Ayatollahs Abdollah Javadi Amoli, Ebrahim Amini
, Reza Ostadi
and Hojjatoleslam Nategh Nouri - refused to lead friday salat
for a few weeks. For the important Laylat al-Qadr
khutbah during September 2009 Alireza Panahian (like all years) and other clerics who supported the election results did it.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian Friday prayers Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
s, sorted according to the city:
- ArdabilArdabilArdabil is a historical city in north-western Iran. The name Ardabil probably comes from the Zoroastrian name of "Artavil" which means a holy place. Ardabil is the center of Ardabil Province. At the 2006 census, its population was 412,669, in 102,818 families...
: Hassan Ameli - Bojnourd: Habibollah Mehmannavaz
- GorganGorganGorgan Some east of Gorgan is the Golestan National Park. The city has a regional airport and several universities. Gorgan Airport was opened in September 2005.-Etymology:...
: Seyyed Kazem Nourmofidi - IsfahanIsfahan (city)Isfahan , historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad...
: Yousef Tabatabaee before: jalal-aldin taheri - KarajKarajKaraj is a city in and the capital of Karaj County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,377,450, in 385,955 families, , making it the fifth-largest city in Iran after Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and Tabriz.) It is situated west of Tehran, at the foothills of the Alborz...
: Kazerooni - MahabadMahabad-Culture:Muhammad Qazi translated more than 70 important literary works into Persian. Other writers and poets have hailed from Mahabad in the 19th and 20th century including Wafaei , Hejar , Hêmin , Abdorrahamn Zabihi and Giw Mukriyani...
: Mamousta Ghader-Sohrabi (Sunni) - MashhadMashhadMashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
: Seyyed Mehdi Ebadi - PavehPavehPaveh is a city in and the capital of Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,774, in 5,171 families....
: Mamousta Molla Ghader Ghaderi (Sunni) - QomQomQom is a city in Iran. It lies by road southwest of Tehran and is the capital of Qom Province. At the 2006 census, its population was 957,496, in 241,827 families. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River....
: Ebrahim AminiEbrahim AminiAyatollah Haj Shaykh Ebrahim Amini is an Iranian politician in the Assembly of Experts. He is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.-External links:*...
(temporary), Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli (temporary) - RafsanjanRafsanjanRafsanjan is a city in and the capital of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 136,388, in 33,489 families.It is Iran's center of pistachio cultivation. It had an estimated population of 134,848 in 2005....
: Hojjat ol-Eslam Hashemian - RayRay, IranRey or Ray , also known as Rhages and formerly as Arsacia, is the capital of Rey County, Tehran Province, Iran, and is the oldest existing city in the province....
: Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri, Ghorbanali Dorri-NajafabadiGhorbanali Dorri-NajafabadiAyatollah Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi is an Iranian politician and cleric, previously the Minister of Intelligence of Islamic Republic of Iran...
(temporary) - ShirazShirazShiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
: Ayatollah Mohyeddim Haeri Shirazi - TabrizTabrizTabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
: Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari - TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
: Ali KhameneiAli KhameneiAyatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i is the Supreme Leader of Iran and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja...
, Mohammad Emami-Kashani (temporary), Ahmad JannatiAhmad JannatiAyatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah is a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi'i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mesbah-Yazdi...
(temporary), Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniAkbar Hashemi RafsanjaniAyatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011...
(temporary), Seyed Ahmad Khatami (temporary), Hojjatoleslam Kazem SeddiqiKazem SeddiqiHojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi is an interim Friday Prayer Leader for Tehran, Iran. The Friday prayer leader gives the khutbah or sermon shortly after noon on Friday, the traditional time of gathering for the Muslim community...
(temporary) - UrmiaUrmia- Demographics :According to official census of 2006, the population of Urmia is about 871,204.- Language :The population of Urmia is mainly Azerbaijani people, with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities...
: Gholamreza HassaniGholamreza HassaniHojatoleslam Gholamreza Hassani is the Friday prayer imam at the Masjid-e-Jamé mosque in the city of Urmia in northwest Iran, and representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader in East Azarbaijan Province. He has been described as one of the most, if not the most, conservative voices in Iran... - YazdYazdYazd is the capital of Yazd Province in Iran, and a centre of Zoroastrian culture. The city is located some 175 miles southeast of Isfahan. At the 2006 census, the population was 423,006, in 114,716 families....
: Mohammad Sadoughi - ZahedanZahedanZahedan is a city in and the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 552,706, in 109,488 families.-Geography:...
: Molavi Abdul HamidMolavi Abdul HamidMolavi Abdul Hamid is a prominent Iranian theologian and an expert on Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.He is the Friday prayer of Zahedan and the highest authority in the Zahedan seminary.-References:...
(Sunni) - ZanjanZanjan (city)Zanjan is the capital of Zanjan Province in northwestern Iran. It is an Azeri inhabited city. It lies 298 km north-west of Tehran on the main highway to Tabriz and Turkey and approximately 125 km from the Caspian Sea...
: Mohammad Taghi Va'ezi
Importance
The Friday prayer leaders (Emam-e Jom'eh) lead the faithful in the performance of the Friday prayer in Iran. (Friday prayerJumu'ah
Jumu'ah is a congregational prayer that Muslims hold every Friday, just after noon in lieu of dhuhr...
, Salat al-Jumu'ah is a congregational prayer held just after noon in lieu of dhuhr
Dhuhr
The dhuhr prayer is the prayer after midday Performed daily by practicing Muslims, it is the second of the five daily prayers...
or noon-time prayer done at that time the rest of the week.) According to Asghar Schirazi, the leaders are appointed directly by Iran's Supreme Leader
Supreme leader
A supreme leader typically refers to a figure in the highest leadership position of an entity, group, organization, or state, who exercises strong or all-powerful authority over it. In religion, the supreme leader or supreme leaders is God or Gods...
or through the Secretariat of Friday Imams in all the cities. Their "official functions is to supervise religious activity, propagate the doctrine of Valayat-e Faqih and agitation," but in practice they have considerably more power and "stands over the local governors and mayors." They have also been described as part of the Islamic Republic's "parallel layer" of power, their function being in part to watch over local government officials, such as provincial governors.
Changes
Following the 2009 Iranian election protests2009 Iranian election protests
Protests following the 2009 Iranian presidential election against the disputed victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi occurred in major cities in Iran and around the world starting June 13, 2009...
, Qom friday prayer leaders - Ayatollahs Abdollah Javadi Amoli, Ebrahim Amini
Ebrahim Amini
Ayatollah Haj Shaykh Ebrahim Amini is an Iranian politician in the Assembly of Experts. He is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.-External links:*...
, Reza Ostadi
Reza Ostadi
Ayatollah Reza Ostadi Moghadam is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran...
and Hojjatoleslam Nategh Nouri - refused to lead friday salat
Salat
Salah is the practice of formal prayer in Islam. Its importance for Muslims is indicated by its status as one of the Five Pillars of Sunni Islam, of the Ten Practices of the Religion of Twelver Islam and of the 7 pillars of Musta'lī Ismailis...
for a few weeks. For the important Laylat al-Qadr
Laylat al-Qadr
Lailatul Qadr , the Night of Destiny, Night of Power, Night of Value, the Night of Decree or Night of Measures, is the anniversary of two very important dates in Islam that occurred in the month of Ramadan...
khutbah during September 2009 Alireza Panahian (like all years) and other clerics who supported the election results did it.