Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri

Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Mahdi Mirbagheri
محمّدمهدی میرباقری
Mirbagheri in 2020
Member of Assembly of Experts
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2024
Constituency	Semnan province
In office 24 May 2016 – 21 May 2024
Constituency	Alborz province
Personal details
Born	1961 Qom, Iran
Alma mater	Qom Hawza

Mohammad Mahdi Mirbagheri (Persian: محمّدمهدی میرباقری; born in 1961 in Qom) is an Iranian politician, Shia cleric and Muslim philosopher and theorist who serves as head of Qom Academy of Islamic Sciences and a member of the Assembly of Experts.[1] and representative of Semnan Province in the Assembly of Experts. He is also considered as one of the teachers of foreign jurisprudence.[2]

He is one of the theorists about the relationship between science and religion. He believes in the orientation of sciences in terms of epistemology, based on which sciences can be divided into religious and non-religious. Bagheri was elected as a representative Alborz province in the Assembly of Leadership Experts in the elections of March 2016.[3] He was elected as a representative of the Assembly of Leadership Experts from Semnan province in the elections of March 2024.[4] His name was raised as a potential candidate to be elected as the next Supreme Leader of Iran.[5] Previously his name was discussed in regards to the position of Tehran Friday Prayer leader.[6]

References

1. "وبگاه فرهنگستان علوم اسلامی". Archived from the original on 2011-11-28.
2. Saeid Golkar. "Iran after Khamenei: Prospects for Political Change". Middle East Policy Council. Archived from the original on 2020-12-06.
3. "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات مجلس خبرگان رهبری در استان البرز". Alborz Province Government (in Persian). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
4. "Ayatollah Mirbagheri became the representative of the people of Semnan province in the leadership experts". Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
5. Ata Mahamad (2024-05-28). "Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri: Jalili Supporter or Future Supreme Leader?". Iran Wire. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
6. Rohollah Faghihi (2018-06-01). "Meet Iran's likely next hardliner-in-chief". al.monitor.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.