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Ahmad Khatami

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (February 16, 1952- )
    Born in Khoy, Iran
    Obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in Azerbaijani literature from State University of Baku (1978)
    Wrote ‘İslam Respublikası’ (1995)
    Member of Assembly of Experts for Kerman Province (July 2007)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a whiny rabble-rouser.
    As a hard-liner, he has very strong ties with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
    He praised the murder of a reformist Iranian politician named Ahmad Kasravi at the hands of a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam.
    In response to the Pope’s controversial speech about Islam, he told him to ‘know about Islam by bowing down to a senior Muslim cleric.’
    He said that the ‘death sentence’ against Salman Rushdie is still active (June 22, 2007).
    He called for the merciless prosecution and execution of the 2009 election protesters and their leaders.
    He said that Neda Agha-Soltan was killed by the protesters themselves rather than by the Revolutionary Guards.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He and his four siblings were exiled to Baku for criticizing the shah.
    He said that the holiday Ashura shouldn’t be misused for disunity reasons (December 25, 2009).

Credit: Big Lenny


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 38 Votes: 97.37% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 38 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 96 Votes: 47.92% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 40 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 53 Votes: 90.57% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 64 Votes: 98.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 273 Votes: 55.68% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 540 Votes: 64.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 35 Votes: 82.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 94.74% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 82 Votes: 67.07% Annoying