Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader, is one of the founders of Andishehaye Imam Khomeini Culture and Research Institute and the chairman of its board of trustees. He is also the founder and custodian of Imam Khomeini Seminary and deputy director of the Tehran Seminary’s Management Council.
Seddiqi is board chairman, as well, of Ghadir International Bonyad, where according to public records Khamenei family members Mahmoud Lolachian (Meysam Khamenei’s father-in-law) was and Mostafa Mirlohi (Mahdavi Kani son-in-law and related to the Motahari clan by marriage) is a board member. He is a board member of Khademin Maktab Sorkh, which publishes religious-themed books.
Seddiqi heads the Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong Headquarters, which forces Iranian citizens to conform to strict Islamic laws. Since 2018, he has been a trustee of Tehran Province’s Islamic Azad University. Seddiqi is known for making outlandish comments in his speeches. He made international headlines in 2010 and set off the international boobquake movement. In the aftermath of the contested 2009 presidential election, Seddiqi claimed in one of his Friday sermons that protesters had received 50,000 toman per anti-regime slogan chanted and 200,000 toman per anti-regime act carried out.
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Reza Motallebi Kashani, Andishehaye Imam Khomeini Culture and Research Institute, Gholam Reza Fayyazi, Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi, Seyyed Mehdi Khamoushi.
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