Reza Ramezani Gilani

Ayatollah
Reza Ramezani Gilani
رضا رمضانی گیلانی
Personal
Born1963
rasht, iran
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
CreedTwelver Shia
Occupation

Reza Ramezani (Persian: رضا رمضانی گیلانی) (* 1963 in Rasht, Northern Iran) is a Twelver Shia Muslim cleric with the religious Rank Ayatollah.[1] He has been a member of the Expert Council (Assembly of Experts) in the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2006.[2] From 2009 to August 2018, he was head and director of the Islamic Center Hamburg, the center of Shiite Islam in Germany.[3][4] Before working in Hamburg, he headed the Islamic Center Imam Ali Vienna.[5] He is the Secretary-General of the Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly[6] and the representative of Gilan in the Assembly of Experts.[7][8] Between 2001 and 2005, he represented the Supreme Leader and the Friday Imams in Karaj.[7][9][10][11][12]

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  2. ^ "Islamic Centers: The Islamic Republic's Hidden Arms in Europe". IRANWIRE. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Youth of Europe inclined to Supreme Leader's letter". Taghrib News Agency (TNA). 10 December 2015.
  4. ^ WELT (3 August 2018). "Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg stellt neuen Leiter vor". DIE WELT. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Ayatollah Dr. Reza Ramezani(Seit 2009 ...)". Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg (in German). Archived from the original on 19 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Secretary-General of the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly Ayatollah Reza Ramezani Gilani". Iran Press News Agency.
  7. ^ a b منتخبان پنجمین دوره خبرگان در سراسر کشور+ اسامی. Young Journalists Club. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Ayatollah Khamenei Appointed New Secretary General of the Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly". Ijtihad Network. 24 August 2019.
  9. ^ رمضاني، رضا. Khobregan Rahbari. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011.
  10. ^ "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر حضرت آیت الله دکتر رضا رمضانی گیلانی". Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ayatollah Ramezani's mission in Hamburg ends". Tehran Times. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Imams of Center". Islamic Center Hamburg. Retrieved 4 August 2020.