Seyyed Abolhasan Navvab
Seyyed Abolhasan Navvab (Persian: سید ابوالحسن نواب) (born 1958 in Shahreza, Isfahan) is an Iranian professor and cleric who currently serves as chancellor of the University of Religions and Denominations. He was one of the candidates for the 2008 parliamentary election, but his candidacy was withdrawn two months before the election.His father, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Navvab, was one of the influential scholars of Shahreza (Ghomsheh). Seyyed Abolhasan Navvab entered the seminary after completing his primary education in 1971 and studied the 4th sciences of the Ahl al-Bayt (as) in the Haqqani School of Qom until the years of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. After that, he studied exegesis, philosophy, and modern sciences such as sociology at the “In the Path of Truth” Institute, and at the same time studied jurisprudence and principles in the lessons of the great verses: Sheikh Morteza Haerizizdi, Shebir Zanjani, Mazaheri, and Mirza Javad Tabrizi.
During his years of study, he taught Arabic literature, jurisprudence, principles, and Quranic sciences in various seminary schools, and continued to teach at high levels in Tehran seminaries until many years later.
With the beginning of the imposed war, he was often active on the battlefields of right against wrong and tried to persuade, encourage and guide the warriors. After the end of the 8-year war, by the decree of the Supreme Leader, Hafezullah Ta’ali took charge of the affairs of the clerics of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for four years.
Establishment and chairmanship of the Center for the Study and Research of Religions and Beliefs, which later became the University of Religions and Beliefs, management of the seminary service center, membership in the Board of Trustees of the Mustafa International Society, membership in the Supreme Council of the World Assembly of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) The Supreme Leader is one of their prominent responsibilities and activities. Provided by Wikipedia