Hossein Noori Hamedani

Grand Ayatollah
Hossein Noori Hamedani
آيت الله العظمى حسين نورى همدانى
Noori Hamedani
TitleGrand Ayatollah
Personal
Born (1925-03-21) 21 March 1925 (age 99)
Hamadan, Iran
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shia Islam
NationalityIranian
Signature
Senior posting
Based inQom, Iran
Websitewww.noorihamedani.com

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori-Hamedani (Persian: آيت الله العظمى حسين نورى همدانى) (also Hossein Nuri-Hamedani) (born March 21, 1925) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja known for his conservative views.

He has expressed his disapproval of Sufis and dervishes,[1] Jews,[2] the intellectual Abdolkarim Soroush[citation needed] and the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women;[3] His support for the purge of "anti-Islamic and atheist professors" from Iranian universities.[4] He has been noted as the only grand ayatollah to congratulate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when Ahmadinejad was first declared victor in the controversial June 12, 2009 election; and also as "celebrated by the central government for his wholehearted support of the leader and the president".[5]

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  5. ^ Abdo, Geneive; Aramesh, Arash (4 August 2010). "The Widening Rift Among Iran's Clerics". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2023.