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{{Short description|Iranian politician (born 1965)}}
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| movement = [[Islamic fundamentalism in Iran|Islamic fundamentalism]]
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'''Hassan Rahimpour-Azghadi''' ({{lang-fa|حسن رحیمپور ازغدی}}, born {{circa}} 1964/1965) is an Iranian [[Iranian Conservatives|conservative]] public speaker, [[conspiracy theorist]] and ideologue. He has been a member of Iran's [[Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution]] since 2003.
== Early life and career ==
Rahimpour-Azghadi was born in 1964<ref name="Eshaghi"/><ref name="Mirsepassi"/> or 1965.<ref name="AM">{{citation|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/iran-rahimpour-azghadi-hardliners-qom-seminary-mesbah-yazdi.html|title=Meet Iran’s next, non-turbaned head hard-liner|last=Faghihi|first=Rohollah|date=23 January 2019|work=Al-Monitor|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> He has studied at the [[Qom Seminary]], although he does not wear clerical clothing.<ref name="AM"/>
▲ | website = {{URL|http://rahimpour.ir/}}
He edited a journal of the [[Feyziyeh School]] named ''Ketab-e naghd'' ({{literal translation|Book of Criticism}}), and published a special issue in 2000 dedicated to [[Antifeminism|a critical look at feminism]].<ref>{{citation|first=Fatemeh|last=Sadeghi|editor-first=Mehdi|editor-last=Semati|title=Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State|chapter=Fundamentalism, gender, and the discourses of veiling (Hijab) in contemporary Iran|pages=213, 221|publisher=Routledge|date=2008|isbn=9780203934838}}</ref>
[[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]] [[Ali Khamenei]] appointed him as a member of the [[Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution]] in 2003, and a member of the Council of Representatives of the Supreme Leader in Universities in 2007.<ref name="AM"/>
Rahimpour-Azghadi regularly makes public speeches which are aired by [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|Iran's state television]] on a weekly basis.<ref name="Mirsepassi"/>
== Views and reception ==
He is considered among the new generation of [[Islamic fundamentalism in Iran|fundamentalist]] public speakers who, without an in-depth religious education, tries to mix [[conspiracy theories]] with theological assertions in order to theorize the establishment in Iran and its policies and provide it with a [[Shi'ite]] ideological justification.<ref name="Eshaghi">{{citation|first=Peyman|last=Eshaghi|editor-first=Lutfi|editor-last=Sunar|chapter=Mapping the Trends in Social, Cultural, Religious and Political Thought from the Post-1979 era to the Present|title=The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2021|isbn=9781000425086}}</ref> Rahimpour-Azghadi is also regarded as a leading advocate of the "ruling clergy" and the "governmental-Shi'ism" discourse in Iran, a [[Political Islam|political reading of Islam]] which intends to manipulate and control seminaries, in contrast to the [[Shia]] traditional orthodoxy which favors independence from the government.<ref>{{citation|last1=Ghobadzadeh|first1=Naser|last2=Akbarzadeh|first2=Shahram|year=2020|title=Religionization of politics in Iran: Shi’i seminaries as the bastion of resistance|journal=Middle Eastern Studies|issue=1|volume=15|doi=10.1080/00263206.2020.1748013}}</ref>
Ali Mirsepassi, a professor at the [[New York University College of Arts & Science]], describes Rahimpour-Azghadi as "one of the current arch-hardline ideologues of the [[Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Islamic Republic [government of Iran]]]".<ref name="Mirsepassi">{{citation|first=Ali|last=Mirsepassi|title=Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2017|isbn=9781107187290|page=365}}</ref> According to [[Mehdi Khalaji]], he advises [[Ali Khamenei]] on social issues.<ref>{{citation|first=Mehdi|last=Khalaji|title=Tightening the Reins: How Khamenei Makes Decisions|url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/media/4070|work=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy|type=Policy Focus|number=126|date=March 2014|page=22}}</ref>
Since he has not published any academic works, his credentials has been questioned by critics, to which he has responded "I have a postdoc in book reading".<ref name="AM"/> In 2012, he claimed that Western countries are alarmed about him and a joint team of [[Central Intelligence Agency|American]], [[Secret Intelligence Service|British]] and [[Mossad|Israeli]] intelligence agencies wanted to assassinate him.<ref name="AM"/>
Politically, Rahimpour-Azghadi is a [[Iranian Conservatives|conservative]] and was a supporter of [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] during his administration, describing him as "a guerrilla committed to the front of the poor people of the world" who led "the most popular government in Iran's history".<ref name="AM"/> He is also a staunch enemy of the [[Iranian Reformists|Reformists]] and has condmened presidents [[Mohammad Khatami]] and [[Hassan Rouhani]].<ref name="AM"/>
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==External links==
* [http://rahimpour.ir/ Official Website]
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Hassan Rahimpour-Azghadi | |
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Born | c. 1964 (age 59–60) |
Nationality | Iranian |
Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
Movement | Islamic fundamentalism |
Website | rahimpour |
Hassan Rahimpour-Azghadi (Persian: حسن رحیمپور ازغدی, born c. 1964/1965) is an Iranian conservative public speaker, conspiracy theorist and ideologue. He has been a member of Iran's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution since 2003.
Early life and career
Rahimpour-Azghadi was born in 1964[1][2] or 1965.[3] He has studied at the Qom Seminary, although he does not wear clerical clothing.[3]
He edited a journal of the Feyziyeh School named Ketab-e naghd (lit. 'Book of Criticism'), and published a special issue in 2000 dedicated to a critical look at feminism.[4]
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed him as a member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution in 2003, and a member of the Council of Representatives of the Supreme Leader in Universities in 2007.[3]
Rahimpour-Azghadi regularly makes public speeches which are aired by Iran's state television on a weekly basis.[2]
Views and reception
He is considered among the new generation of fundamentalist public speakers who, without an in-depth religious education, tries to mix conspiracy theories with theological assertions in order to theorize the establishment in Iran and its policies and provide it with a Shi'ite ideological justification.[1] Rahimpour-Azghadi is also regarded as a leading advocate of the "ruling clergy" and the "governmental-Shi'ism" discourse in Iran, a political reading of Islam which intends to manipulate and control seminaries, in contrast to the Shia traditional orthodoxy which favors independence from the government.[5]
Ali Mirsepassi, a professor at the New York University College of Arts & Science, describes Rahimpour-Azghadi as "one of the current arch-hardline ideologues of the Islamic Republic [government of Iran]".[2] According to Mehdi Khalaji, he advises Ali Khamenei on social issues.[6]
Since he has not published any academic works, his credentials has been questioned by critics, to which he has responded "I have a postdoc in book reading".[3] In 2012, he claimed that Western countries are alarmed about him and a joint team of American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies wanted to assassinate him.[3]
Politically, Rahimpour-Azghadi is a conservative and was a supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his administration, describing him as "a guerrilla committed to the front of the poor people of the world" who led "the most popular government in Iran's history".[3] He is also a staunch enemy of the Reformists and has condmened presidents Mohammad Khatami and Hassan Rouhani.[3]
References
- ^ a b Eshaghi, Peyman (2021), "Mapping the Trends in Social, Cultural, Religious and Political Thought from the Post-1979 era to the Present", in Sunar, Lutfi (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781000425086
- ^ a b c Mirsepassi, Ali (2017), Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid, Cambridge University Press, p. 365, ISBN 9781107187290
- ^ a b c d e f g Faghihi, Rohollah (23 January 2019), "Meet Iran's next, non-turbaned head hard-liner", Al-Monitor, retrieved 5 September 2021
- ^ Sadeghi, Fatemeh (2008), "Fundamentalism, gender, and the discourses of veiling (Hijab) in contemporary Iran", in Semati, Mehdi (ed.), Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State, Routledge, pp. 213, 221, ISBN 9780203934838
- ^ Ghobadzadeh, Naser; Akbarzadeh, Shahram (2020), "Religionization of politics in Iran: Shi'i seminaries as the bastion of resistance", Middle Eastern Studies, 15 (1), doi:10.1080/00263206.2020.1748013
- ^ Khalaji, Mehdi (March 2014), "Tightening the Reins: How Khamenei Makes Decisions", The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Policy Focus), no. 126, p. 22