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Ahmad Alamolhoda

Iranian Ayatollah (born 1944)

Summary

Iranian Ayatollah (born 1944)

Field	Value
image	FNA_interview_with_Ahmad_Alamolhoda_02 (cropped).jpg
caption	Alamolhoda in his office at Mashhad
office2	Member of the Assembly of Experts
term_start2	19 February 2007
majority2	1,235,565 (44.43%)
constituency2	Razavi Khorasan Province
birth_date
birth_place	Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
spouse
children	7, including Jamileh
relatives	Ebrahim Raisi (son-in-law)
Abdol Javad Alamolhoda (older brother)
party	Combatant Clergy Association

Abdol Javad Alamolhoda (older brother) Sayyid Ahmad Alamolhoda (also Alam Olhoda or Alam al-Hoda; ; born 1 September 1944) is an Iranian Shia Islamic cleric who has been described as "senior" and "ultra conservative" and "hardline." His rank has been given both as Hojjatoleslam and Ayatollah. He is the Friday Prayer leader in Mashhad, Iran, and is that city's representative in the Iranian Assembly of Experts. Alamolhoda is a member of Combatant Clergy Association.

Alamolhoda name appeared in international media as a speaker at a December 30, 2009 rally held in favor of the Islamic regime, where he was quoted as calling opponents of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in comments broadcast on Iranian state TV, Alamolhoda told demonstrators,

"Enemies of the leader, according to the Quran, belong to the party of Satan ... Our war in the world is war against the opponents of the rule of the supreme leader."

Alamolhoda was a strong critic of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the previous head of the Assembly of Experts, whom Alamolhoda attacked for "his silence in the face of unprecedented insults against the leader of the revolution" (Ali Khamenei), and warned him to "reform his behavior before it was too late."

Political views

Women's rights

Alamolhoda is known for his restrictive measures against women's rights in Iran. He has in his Friday Prayers speeches spoken against women's right to ride bicycles in Mashhad. He opposes women entering football stadiums in Mashhad. He stands against the holding of concerts in Mashhad, believing that people who travel to the "holy city of Mashhad" should only come for prayers.

Israel

Alamolhoda said in 2013 that "The destruction of Israel is the idea of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and is one of the pillars of the Iranian Islamic regime." He declared: "We cannot claim that we have no intention of going to war with Israel."

In October 2023, Alamolhoda declared that "the Holy Essence proclaims that divine signs are manifest in the land of Palestine" and warned that "any atheist movement with intentions of trespassing and committing crimes in this land shall be annihilated." He asserted that "Hezbollah has 100,000 precision missiles" and that Iran's regional allies, including Hezbollah and Shi'ite militias in Iraq, are "engaged in the conflict" and ready to support Hamas. Alamolhoda concluded by stating that these groups are "fighting against Israel and destroying that cancerous cell".

United States

In a Friday sermon delivered on November 2, 2024, Alamolhoda asserted that Iran had successfully "exported the anti-Americanism movement," claiming that resistance to the United States had "evolved into global phenomena, even resonating within America itself." Speaking on the anniversary of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, he celebrated the 444-day seizure of American diplomats as a turning point in global opposition to U.S. influence. Acknowledging early criticism of the act, even from within revolutionary circles, he said, "At the time, many circles viewed this move as a profound error... Yet today, we are acknowledged as a formidable regional power." He praised Iran's role in developing a "vast network of resistance across Islamic societies."

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"Ahmadinejad has proof US trying to stop Hidden Imam".
[http://www.roozonline.com/english/news/newsitem/article/2009/september/25//supreme-leaders-performance-proven.html Supreme Leader's Performance "Proven"]{{Dead link. (September 2021)
Mohammadighalehtaki, Ariabarzan. (2012). "Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat)". [[Durham University]].
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(25 July 2023). "رازگشایی آیت الله علم‌الهدی از مخالفتش با اجرای کنسرت در مشهد - خبرآنلاین".
Goldberg, Jeffrey. (2015-03-09). "The Iranian Regime on Israel's Right to Exist".
(2023-10-20). "Iranian Clerics Continue Anti-Israel Rhetoric In Friday Sermons".
(2024-11-02). "Iranian cleric boasts of igniting global anti-American sentiment".

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