Abbas-Ali Soleimani (; born 1947) is an Iranian Shia cleric/ayatollah who was born in a religious family in Savadkuh, Mazandaran. He is currently the new appointed representative of Vali-e-Faqih and Imam of Friday prayer in the city of Kashan. This Shiite ayatollah went to Kuttab at the age of 5, later on departed to Qom in order to educate at Hawzah when he was 12 years old. Afterwards, he left for Hawzah of Behshahr. Then, Soleimani departed to Mashhad to keep on his Hawzah studies. Abbas-Ali Soleimani used to teach Islamic lessons as well as studying in seminary, and took trip to diverse villages/cities during his education period. Among Soleimani's (previous) positions are: being as "Imam of Friday Prayer in Babolsar", "the person in charge of Nahade-Rahbari (Mazandaran)", "teaching in Hawzahs/universities", "member of assembly of experts" and so on. Amongst his known teachers are: Hossein Noori Hamedani Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Milani Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Ja'far Sobhani Hashem Amoli Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani Naser Makarem Shirazi Abolghasem Khazali Mohammad Yazdi Abdollah Javadi-Amoli Vaez-Tabasi Khorasani Meshkini Kuhestani Adib Neishburi Salehi Barbari Hojat Hashemi Modarres Mahami Mahdavi Damqani Nasrollahi Fayeqi Tehrani Mohammadi Gilani Etemadi Etc. See also List of provincial representatives appointed by Supreme Leader of Iran References Representatives of the Supreme Leader in the Provinces of Iran Iranian ayatollahs 1947 births Living people People from Savadkuh People from Mazandaran Province