Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani

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Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (Persian: محمدرضا مهدوی کنی , born 1931 in the village of Kan, Tehran Province) is an Iranian influential cleric and conservative politician. Presently, he is the Secretary General of the Combatant Clergy Association (جامعهٔ روحانیت مبارز).

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[edit] Education

After he finished elementary school in Kan & Tehran he attended the religious school of the late Borhan for 3 years. Then he went to Qum and, until 1961, he was a pupil of great masters of the time such as:

[edit] Career

[edit] Early years

After the demise of Ayatollah Boroujerdi, he went back to Tehran and continued his struggle against the Pahlavi regime, something which he had started since he was 18, during the time of Ayatollah Boroujerdi. He was very active, impressive and effective in his participation in the Islamic movement of Iran led by Khomeini,[citation needed] which also caused him to suffer all kinds of torture, imprisonment and exile.[citation needed] Before the victory of Islamic Revolution, he was appointed by Khomeini to the Council of Revolution and after the victory he became responsible for so many sensitive and different positions.

[edit] After the revolution

He was the Interim Prime Minister of Iran from September 2 to October 29, 1981, appointed by a provisional presidential council, after the assassination of President Mohammad Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Before his prime ministership, Mahdavi Kani was Minister of Interior during the prime ministership of Rajai.

Mahdavi Kani in the founder and current head of Imam Sadegh University in Tehran, a university specializing in humanities. He has also been a member of the Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to review and amend the Constitution of Iran in 1989.

Currently, he is the secretary of Tehran's Combatant Clergies' Association (Jame-e-y-e-Rowhaniat-e-Mobarez), president of Imam Sadiq University and also by the order of Imam Khomeini he is responsible for Tehran's Marvi religious school.

[edit] Works

Some of his works published at this time are:

"The Beginning Points in Practical Ethics"

"The Origins & Basis of Islamic Economy"

"The Book of "Beest goftar" (20 Discourses)

[edit] Positions

His responsibilities in the past:

- Chief of the Islamic Revolution Committees

- Member of the Guardian Council

- Interior Minister in Shaheed Rajaie and Bahonar cabinets. After their martyrdom he acted as caretaker prime minister too

- Member of the Higher Council of Cultural Revolution

- Being in charge of the headquarters for taking care of the war-stricken areas.

- Member of the Constitution Amendment Assembly.

- Member of the Expediency Council.

- Head of the center for attending to the mosques’ affairs.

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Preceded by
Mohammad Javad Bahonar		 Prime Minister of Iran (interim)
1981		 Succeeded by
Mir-Hossein Mousavi