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Ayatollah 'Ahmad Jannati Massah' (, born 1926 in Esfahan) is an Iranian ayatollah and political figure. He is the chairman of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis with the Constitution and ''sharia'', and approving the candidates in various elections. He is also a temporary Friday prayer imam of Tehran.

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Jannati is considered close to the Iranian Islamic conservatives, and is heavily criticized by the reformists for his active role in not approving reformist candidates to run in various elections and blocking their legislation.
During a Friday Prayer on 4 August 2006 Ayatollah Jannati asserted, "[S]upport for Hizbollah [is] a duty."^[1]
On Iraq he has said: “Fortunately, after years of effort and expectations in Iraq, an Islamic state has come to power and the constitution has been established on the basis of Islamic precepts”.^[2]

Influence

He has been a member of the Guardian Council since 1980 and has been its chair since 1988.^[3] Ahmad Jannati wields considerable influence because he simultaneously holds seats in the Guardian Council, Expediency Discernment Council, and Assembly of Experts.
Ayatollah Jannati was one of the founders of Haghani School, one of the most influential religious school in Iran, and has had an influence on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

See also

★ Expediency Council

★ History of principle-ism in Iran

References

1. ''Islamic Republic News Agency''
2. Senior Iran cleric hails “Islamic state of Iraq” 26 Aug 2005
3. http://www.iricrimes.org/wanted.asp

External links

★ Membership history

★ There is no hope for a free election

★ Jannati and Karroubi debate on the policy for the evaluation of candidates (BBC Persian)

★ The Gates of the U.N. and the Security Council Should Be Closed

★ The English Are the Father of the Great Satan Excerpts from a Friday sermon at Tehran University, Feb. 2005

★ To the U.S: Invade Iran, If You Dare Feb. 2007 transcript

Video clips

★ Video clip: We Are Determined to Obtain Nuclear Technology 26 November 2004

★ The English Are the Father of the Great Satan Feb. 2005

★ To the U.S: Invade Iran, If You Dare Feb. 2007