Alireza Arafi
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Arafi in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Interim Leadership Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 March 2026 – 8 March 2026 Serving with Masoud Pezeshkian and Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ali Khamenei (as Supreme Leader) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mojtaba Khamenei (as Supreme Leader) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Guardian Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 15 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mohammad Momen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Tehran Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 1,293,072 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | arafi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Twelver Shi'a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creed | Usuli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alireza Arafi (born 1959) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as a member of the Guardian Council since 2019, and a member of the Assembly of Experts since 2022.
He sat on the Interim Leadership Council, alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, following the assassination of Ali Khamenei until the election of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of Iran. Arafi has been head of Iran's seminaries since 2016, and the Friday Prayer Imam of Qom since 2015. He was President of Al-Mustafa International University from 2008 to 2018.