Ali Akbar Ghaffari

Iranian Shia cleric and politician

Tehran, Iran

About Ali

Ali Akbar Ghaffari is an Iranian Shia cleric and politician. He was born in 1952 in Tehran, Iran. Ghaffari has served as the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the parliament of Iran, since 2016. He has also been a member of the Assembly since 2000. Ghaffari has been a prominent figure in Iranian politics and has been involved in various social and cultural initiatives.