Morteza Aghatehrani
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A protégé of Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, he was the "morality teacher" of the cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[2]
Aghatehrani he was formerly Imam of 'Islamic Institute of New York', a Shia mosque located in New York City.[3]
Education
Aghatehrani went to Canada to pursue his graduate studies at McGill University,[3] before gaining a PhD in Middle East Studies from State University of New York at Binghamton and defending a thesis entitled "Khajah Nasir al-Din Tusi on the Meta-Mysticism of Ibn Sina" in 2000.[4]
Controversy
In 2012, it stirred controversy when it was revealed that Aghatehrani holds a Green card, tantamount to permanent residency status in the United States, while he is often regarded "strongly anti-foreign".[5]
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
- McGill University alumni
- Binghamton University alumni
- Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 11th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians
- Secretaries-general of political parties in Iran
- Imams in North America
- Iranian expatriates in Canada
- Iranian expatriates in the United States
- Shia clerics from Isfahan