# Kazem Seddiqi

> Kazem Rajabi Seddiqi is an Iranian Shia scholar and Mujtahid currently serving as Tehran's Friday Prayer Temporary Imam. A rival of President Ahmadinejad, Seddiqi was appointed as interim Friday prayers leader for Tehran by Ayatollah Khamenei on 1 August 2009. The New York Times characterized the appointment as part of an effort to "reinforce [Khamenei's] authority by cultivating divisions between factions" following the controversial June presidential election.

*Iranian scholar*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kazem-seddiqi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1951-03-04
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85_%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C)
- [كاظم صديقي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85_%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)
- [কাজেম সিদ্দিকী](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80)
- [کازم سدیقی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C)
- [Kazem Seddiqi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazem_Seddiqi)
- [کاظم صدیقی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85_%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C)
- [Kazem Seddiqi](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazem_Seddiqi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6381008)

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