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Ayatollah Taqi Misbah , commonly known as Muḥammad–Taqi Misbah Yazdi is an Iranian Shi'i cleric and conservative political activist who serves as the piritual leader of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.

He was a member of the Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for choosing the Supreme Leader, where he heads a minority faction. He has been called 'the most conservative' and the most 'powerful' clerical oligarch in Iran's leading center of religious learning, the city of Qom.In Qom, from 1952 to 1960, he participated in the courses taught by Imam Khomeini and Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i. He also attended, for approximately fifteen years, Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani.Mesbah Yazdi advocates Islamic philosophy and in particular Mulla Sadra's transcendent school of philosophy . He believes Iranian are moving away from religion and values of Islamic revolution and opposes democratic rule of western country and the west-oriented reform movement. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. January 1934
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“Do not be worried about the events and earthquakes that have occurred. Know that God created this world as a test … The supreme leader holds a great many of the blessings God has given us and at a time of such uncertainties our eyes must turn to him.”

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"Discontented Muslim clergy challenge Iran's supreme leader behind scenes" by Bill Meyer in World News at Cleveland.com (8 July 2009) http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2009/07/discontented_muslim_clergy_cha.html

“Our noblest duty is to strive to reduce oppression, to be more [stringent] in our implementation of Islamic law… and to weaken the control of oppressive and tyrannical regimes over the oppressed. These [actions] can [hasten] the return of the Hidden Imam…”

Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi

The Doctrine of Mahdism: In the Ideological and Political Philosophy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Mesbah-e Yazdi http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA35707, PDF http://www.memri.org/publicdocs/doctrine_of_mahdism.pdf (31 May 2007)

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