Abbas Ali Akhtari

Sheikh Abbas Ali Akhtari (Persian: شیخ عباسعلی اختری; 7 December 1939[1] – 31 October 2022)[2] was an Iranian Ayatollah.

[3] He also represented the people in Khorasan province in the early 80's for the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament).

[6] He had been in trouble with SAVAK before the Iranian revolution, he was arrested for making anti-Shah speeches.

[7] He served the Iranian military service alongside Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

[3] He resigned from these posts in 2001, and Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi was chosen by Ali Khamenei to replace him.

Abbas Ali Akhtari giving a sermon in his first Friday Prayer in Semnan, 1981.
Abbas Ali Akhtari greeting soldiers near the frontline during the Iran–Iraq War .