Ali Akbar Kalantari
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ali Akbar Kalantari (born 1962 in Arsanjan) is a Shiite cleric and one of the representatives of Fars Province in the fifth and sixth terms of the Assembly of Experts. He entered the Assembly of Experts in Fars Province in the 2015 elections, coming in fifth place. Kalantari is a member of the theology faculty at Shiraz University. He is currently the dean of the Faculty of Theology.[1]
Ali Akbar Kalantari[2][3] was born in the year 1962 in the city of Arsanjan, Fars, to a family of farmers and hard workers. He received his primary, secondary and high school education in this city. His desire to understand religion and learn Islamic sciences led him to enter the seminary after completing high school. He studied the basics and some of the seminary level for 4 years at the Agha Baba Khan Seminary in Shiraz. After that, he went to the Qom Seminary and for four years from 1985 to 1999, he gained grace from the great professors of this seminary.[4]