Mahmoud Taleghani
Mahmoud Taleghani | |
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محمود طالقانی | |
Taleghani in 1979 | |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution | |
| In office 15 August 1979 – 9 September 1979 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 2,016,801 (79.3%) |
| Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam | |
| In office 27 July 1979 – 9 September 1979 | |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Preceded by | Hassan Emami |
| Succeeded by | Hussein-Ali Montazeri |
| Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution | |
| In office 1 May 1979 – 9 September 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Morteza Motahari |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Beheshti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Seyyed Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani 5 March 1911 |
| Died | 9 September 1979 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Behesht-e-Zahra |
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| Theological work | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
| School | Jaʿfari |
| Main interests | Tafsir |
| Years active | 1921–1979 |
| Alma mater | Najaf Seminary Feyziyeh Seminary |
| Taught at | Sepahsalar School |
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Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani (Persian: محمود علایی طالقانی, ⓘ, also romanized as Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate, a senior Shia Islamic scholar and thinker of Iran, and a leader in his own right of the movement against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. A founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran, he has been described as a representative of the tendency of many "Shia clerics to blend Shia with Marxist ideals in order to compete with leftist movements for youthful supporters" during the 1960s and 1970s. His "greatest influence" has been said to have been in "his teaching of Quranic exegesis," as many later revolutionaries were his students.
He was Tehran's first Friday Prayer Imam after the Iranian Revolution.