Tehran Friday prayer leader (Ahmad Khatami)
Ahmad Khatami is a senior Iranian cleric who serves as Tehran’s Friday prayer leader and a member of the Assembly of Experts, the body that appoints and supervises Iran’s supreme leader.
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Aug 28, 2026
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He delivered a sermon linking the Pahlavi dynasty to anti-hijab policies and pushing for family-centered moral policing.
Reformists see this as a distraction from the economic crisis, and they criticize such moralizing for further alienating the youth and women from the state.