Alireza Arafi | |
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علی رضا اعرافی | |
 Arafi in 2020 | |
| Member of the Interim Leadership Council | |
| In office 1 March 2026 – 8 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Khamenei (as Supreme Leader) |
| Succeeded by | Mojtaba Khamenei (as Supreme Leader) |
| Member of the Guardian Council | |
| Assumed office 15 July 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Momen |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 1,293,072 |
| Head of Seminaries | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Qom's Friday Prayer Imam | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| President of Al-Mustafa International University | |
| In office 2008–2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Ali Abbasi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) Meybod, Iran |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shi'a |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
| Creed | Usuli |
Alireza Arafi (born 1959) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has been a member of the Guardian Council since 2019. He has also been a member of the Assembly of Experts since 2022. He sat on the Interim Leadership Council, alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, after the assassination of Ali Khamenei.
Arafi has been head of Iran's seminaries since 2016, and the Friday Prayer Imam of Qom since 2015. He was President of Al-Mustafa International University from 2008 to 2018.
