Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers

Not to be confused with Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.

Qom Seminary

The Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers (also Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qom)[1] is a political party and association of Shia Islamic clerics in Iran's religious capital of Qom. It was founded in 2001, as a support group for the Reformist movement and then-President of Iran Mohammad Khatami. Many of its members were students of Ayatollah Montazeri, who was a major patron of the association until his death in 2009.[2] Ayatollah Musavi Tabrizi serves as its Secretary-General and representative to the House of Parties of Iran. He became their leader in 2004 when their first leader Ayatollah Abayi Khorasani died.[2] It has been linked to the marājiʿ Ayatollah Sane’i and Ayatollah Ardabili.[2]

  1. ^ Opposition Holds Firm in Iran. Robert Dreyfuss on 6 July 2009, Retrieved 10 July 2009
  2. ^ a b c "Assembly of Researchers and Lecturers of Qom Seminary | Iran Data Portal". 26 August 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2024.