Ali-Asghar Gharavi

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Ali-Asghar Gharavi
Bornc. 1943 or 1944 (age 79–80)
NationalityIranian
Alma materSaint Joseph University
Political partyFreedom Movement of Iran

Seyyed Ali-Asghar Gharavi (Persian: سید علی‌اصغر غروی) is an Iranian scholar of religion and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran.

According to the American magazine In These Times, he is "one of Iran's most prominent pro-democracy activists and political thinkers".

In 1998, he was arrested and summoned to the Special Clerical Court for criticizing the regime, despite the fact he is not a cleric. In 2013, Bahar newspaper was banned for publishing an article written by Gharavi, titled “Imam Ali, a Political Leader or a Religious Model?”. He was accused of "blasphemy" for implicitly challenging Iran's Supreme Leader.

References

  1. ^ "Iran's Intelligence Ministry Pressures Family Members to Cut Ties with Religious Scholar Who Criticized Supreme Leader". Center for Human Rights in Iran. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2014 – via Payvand.
  2. ^ a b Said Amir Arjomand; Nathan J. Brown (2013). The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran. SUNY Press. p. 77, 97. ISBN 978-1-4384-4597-7.
  3. ^ Pocha, Jehangir (17 January 2003), "Interview with Ali Asghar Gharavi, a member of the Iran Freedom Movement", In These Times, retrieved 1 January 2020
  4. ^ "Iran's closure of reformist newspaper raises concerns about press freedom". The Guardian. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Reformist Newspaper in Iran Shut Down Over Imam Ali Article". Al-Monitor. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ Article 19, Beyond Blasphemy: Why Two Iranian Newspapers Were Closed Down, 30 January 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/54cf850e4.html
Party political offices
Preceded by
Unknown
Head of the Freedom Movement of Iran Branch in Isfahan
Unknown–present
Incumbent