Ahmad Beheshti
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Ayatollah Sheikh Ahmad Beheshti | |
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| آیت الله شیخ احمد بهشتی | |
 Beheshti at the fifth term of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership in 2019. | |
| President of University of Qom | |
| In office 9 August 2010 – 12 March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Ghazi Khorramabadi |
| Succeeded by | Asghar Dirbaz[1] |
| Member of the first and second terms of Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 1980 – 27 May 1988 | |
| Constituency | Fasa – Fars province |
| Majority | 27,449 (57.80%)[2] |
| Member of the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth terms of the Assembly of Experts. | |
| Assumed office 23 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Sheikh Mohad |
| Constituency | Fars province |
| Friday Prayer Leader in Miyan Deh, Fasa | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2014 | |
احمد بهشتی | |
| Title | Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1935 (age 90–91) |
| Children | Saeed Beheshti son[3] |
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| Political party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
| Alma mater | Qom Hawza Kharazmi University PhD in Philosophy |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Teachers | Hossein Borujerdi Ruhollah Khomeini Morteza Motahhari |
Sheikh Ahmad Beheshti Persian: شیخ احمد بهشتی, (born 1935) is an Iranian Ayatollah. He was the president of Qom University. He represented the people of Fars province in the first and second terms in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, as well as representing in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth terms of the Assembly of Experts.[4][5][6]
Ahmad Beheshti was born on 1935 in Miyan Deh, Fasa, Fars province. He was born into a religious family, his father, Hajj Sheikh Abdul Majid Beheshti, was a Shia cleric and prayer leader in his hometown. He was described by people in his hometown as being a pious and humble man, who was very well connected to the people in that area. He also dug his own grave in his hometown, he slept in it for 2 days to remind himself of death.[3]
Ahmad first began his Islamic studies with his father, and then with the advice of his father he attended the Agha Baba Khan Seminary in Shiraz in 1949. While there, he was taught by Hossein Ayatollahi and others. He stayed there until 1954, before attending the Khan School in Shiraz, where he was taught by Seyed Noureddin Hosseini Shirazi, and several other big scholars in the region. Finally, the last school in Shiraz he attended was the Hashemieh School in 1956. In 1959, he finally migrated to Qom to further his Islamic studies in Qom Seminary.[7] While in Qom, he took major emphasis in Islamic philosophy, as well as the main subjects such as Islamic jurisprudence and others to attain Ijtihad. He was taught by many esteemed scholars such as Mohaghegh Damad, Ruhollah Khomeini, and Hossein Borujerdi.[8] After becoming an Ayatollah, Ahmad then attended the Kharazmi University in Tehran to study philosophy. In 1966, he obtained a PhD in philosophy, Morteza Motahhari was one of his professors in the university.[9] He then returned to Qom, to teach Islam in the seminaries as well as being a professor in universities in Tehran and Qom.[10]
Teachers
Political activity
Before the 1979 Iranian revolution, Beheshti opposed the Pahlavi dynasty. He received several travel bans for being against the Shah, and was arrested.[11]
After the revolution he represented Fars province in the Iranian Parliament for two terms.[12] He was the president of University of Qom from 2010 to 2013 after the death of Ayatollah Khorramabadi.[13] Asghar Dirbaz succeeded him after he resigned.[14] He has represented Fars in the Assembly of Experts for Leadership since 1998. Since 2014, he has also been the Imam of Friday Prayer in Miyan Deh, Fasa.[15]
