He is a Hojatoleslam (a "middle-ranked" Shia cleric) and head of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's "think tank for universities.

"[1] In February 2011 he was among some "70 high-ranking" officials of the Islamic Republic who established an "`Ammar` organization" or "Ammar Headquarters" calling for the "trial and execution" of former presidential candidates and Iranian Green Movement protest leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.

[2][3] Raja News has listed him as one of 40-odd "students, confidants and political companions" close to most ideological leader Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi.

"[5] In July 2010 he issued a statement "calling for the purge of `liberal-minded and clean-shaven` individuals from government offices" and warned against an unnamed "group that 'will wage a war on values under the cover of Islamic slogans and symbols'".

Mohammadbaqer saeedi The disgraced Prime Minister of Israel returns and says: Iran has become so powerful that you can no longer go to war with the military.