Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah (Persian: احمد جنتی born 22 February 1927) is a hardline Iranian politician fundamentalist Shi’i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mesbah-Yazdi. He is the conservative chairman of the Guardian Council the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis with the Constitution and sharia and approving the candidates in various elections. He is also a temporary Friday prayer imam of Tehran.
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