Mohsen Araki
Mohsen Araki (Persian: محسن اراکی; Arabic: محسن الأراكي; born 1955) is an Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer and politician. He is a member of the Assembly of Experts, and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council of the System. He is one of the students of the Islamic thinker Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr.
In 2022, during the 2021–2022 Iranian protests, he advocated for the death penalty for protestors. He argued that those who participate in the protests should be found guilty of "corruption on earth".[1]
Life
He was born in Najaf, Iraq. He benefited from the Islamic seminary in Najaf and Qom. He speaks fluent Arabic and English and has authored dozens of books in Persian, Arabic, and English. He was the personal representative of AyatollahAli Khamenei (the Supreme Leader of Iran) in London and also the Head of the Islamic Centre of England until 2004.[2]
In November 2025, he blamed a drought that Iran was suffering on Iranian women failing to wear their hijabs.[3]
0n 27 January 2026, Araki called for legal action against the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers for criticizing the authorities' response to the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.[4][5]
Works
Causality and Freedom (Al-Tawhid, Volume 17, n.2, Spring 2003)
See also
References
- ↑"Hardliner Clerics in Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations". 24 December 2022.
- ↑ar:محسن الأراكي
- ↑State Cleric Blames ‘Women Not Wearing Hijab’ For Drought in Iran, Iran in Focus, November 10, 2025 .
- ↑https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/2146573/انتقاد-شدید-عضو-خبرگان-رهبری-از-بیانیه-مجمع-محققین-و-مدرسین
- ↑https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/2174518/مجمع-مدرسین-و-محققین-حوزه-علمیه-قم-آزادی-بیان-اولویت-دارد-اظهارات
- 1956 births
- Iranian people of Iraqi descent
- Living people
- People from Najaf
- Iranian ayatollahs
- Iranian Arab Islamic scholars
- Iranian scholars of Islam
- Members of the Assembly of Experts
- Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom members
- Twelvers
- نبذات من السير الذاتية الإسلامية
- شتلات الشعب الإيراني
