Mohsen Araki
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Mohsen Araki (Persian: محسن اراکی; Arabic: محسن الأراكي) is an Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer and politician. He is currently a member of the Assembly of Experts and also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He is a prominent Iranian scholar and one of the students of the Islamic thinker Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr.
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Mohsen Araki | |
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Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
Assumed office 20 September 2022 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Chairman | Sadeq Larijani |
Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
Assumed office 24 May 2016 | |
Constituency | Markazi Province |
Majority | 242,146 |
In office 21 February 1991 – 20 February 2007 | |
Constituency | Khuzestan Province |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 Najaf, Iraq |
Website | Official website |
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In 2022, during 2021–2022 Iranian protests, he advocated for the death penalty for protestors. He argued those who participate in the protests should be found guilty of “corruption on earth.”[1]