Yousef Tabatabai Nejad
{{Short description|Iranian Ayatollah (born 1944)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = {{lang|fa|سید یوسف طباطبایی‌نژاد
}}
| name = Seyyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad
| image = Yousef Najad.jpg
| caption = Ayatollah Seyyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad during an interview with Mehr News Agency in 2015.
| order1 = Member of the 4th, 5th and 6th Assembly of Experts
| term_start1 =20 February 2007
| term_end1 = incumbent
| order2 = Representative of the Supreme Leader in Isfahan and Imam Jumu'ah of Isfahan
| term_end2 =
| appointer2 = Ali Khamenei
| predecessor2 = Jalal Al-Din Taheri[http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/3240/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C Passing away of Ayatollah Taheri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003122258/http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/3240/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C |date=2020-10-03 }} tarikhirani.ir
| successor2 =
| birth_date = 1944
| birth_place = Ardestan, Iran
| spouse =
| alma_mater = Qom Hawza
| party =
}}
(Seyyed) Yousef Tabatabai Nejad (sometimes spelled as Tabatabaei-Nejad) is an Iranian Shia cleric and Friday leading prayer that represents the Isfahan Province in Iran's Assembly of Experts.
Views
In 2015, he said women should be denied working in stores and offices.{{Cite web|title=امام جمعه اصفهان: فعالیت زنان در ادارات ممنوع شود|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f12-isfahan-cleric-against-women-employment/27378965.html|access-date=2020-09-24|website=رادیو فردا|language=fa|archive-date=2017-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429032205/http://www.radiofarda.com/a/f12-isfahan-cleric-against-women-employment/27378965.html|url-status=live}}
In 2019, he made municipality of Isfahan to deny women access to bicycles legally shutting down two city bicycle stations.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-25|title=محدودیت‌های بیشتر برای دوچرخه سواری زنان|url=https://www.independentpersian.com/node/67886/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86|access-date=2020-09-24|website=ایندیپندنت فارسی|language=fa|archive-date=2020-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003122301/https://www.independentpersian.com/node/67886/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2019-05-14|title=دوچرخه‌سواری زنان در اصفهان ممنوع شد|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fa/دوچرخه‌سواری-زنان-در-اصفهان-ممنوع-شد-20190514/ایران|access-date=2020-09-24|website=ار.اف.ای - RFI|language=fa|archive-date=2020-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925102954/https://www.rfi.fr/fa/%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%AF-20190514/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2019-05-14|title=دادستان اصفهان: دوچرخه‌سواری زنان در فضای عمومی ممنوع|url=https://fa.euronews.com/2019/05/14/isfahan-prosecutor-announces-new-ban-on-women-cycling-in-public-sphere|access-date=2020-09-24|website=euronews|language=fa|archive-date=2020-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925103000/https://per.euronews.com/2019/05/14/isfahan-prosecutor-announces-new-ban-on-women-cycling-in-public-sphere|url-status=live}}
In 2016, he claimed that the act of women taking pictures of themselves in the Zayanderud river contributed to drought in said river.
He is critical of the possible changing of the supreme leader position to the council.{{Cite web |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/81886998/ |title=نماینده ولی فقیه در استان اصفهان: تشكیل شورای رهبری، ایده صحیحی نیست - ایرنا |access-date=2020-09-30 |archive-date=2020-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001102416/https://www.irna.ir/news/81886998/%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B5%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C |url-status=live }}
On October 1, 2020, while meeting with the NAJA and the Intelligence Ministry of Iran, he believes that law enforcement should make, "the life of the unveiled unsafe". This has raised concerns for repeated Acid attacks on women in Isfahan.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-03|title=نگرانی از تکرار اسیدپاشی به زنان پس از سخنان امام جمعه اصفهان|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-54399682|access-date=2020-10-03|website=BBC News فارسی|language=fa|archive-date=2020-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003122256/https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-54399682|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=واکنش منفی گسترده به درخواست یک امام جمعه برای برخورد با "بدحجابان"|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-social-reacts-to-imam-wanting-to-enforce-hijab/30871734.html|access-date=2020-10-03|website=رادیو فردا|language=fa|archive-date=2020-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003122257/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-social-reacts-to-imam-wanting-to-enforce-hijab/30871734.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-10-02|title=طباطبایی نژاد: باید فضای جامعه را برای هنجارشکنان ناامن کنیم|url=https://www.imna.ir/news/447569/طباطبایی-نژاد-باید-فضای-جامعه-را-برای-هنجارشکنان-ناامن-کنیم|access-date=2020-10-03|website=ایمنا|language=fa|archive-date=2020-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003122303/https://www.imna.ir/news/447569/%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iranian-womens-clothing-is-causing-a-river-to-run-dry-cleric-says-a7077021.html|title=A cleric has told Iranian women their clothing is causing rivers to dry up|website=Independent.co.uk |date=11 June 2016|publisher=|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-date=16 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916033210/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iranian-womens-clothing-is-causing-a-river-to-run-dry-cleric-says-a7077021.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/ayatollah-blames-drought-on-selfies-rxbc9n987|title=Ayatollah blames drought on selfies|website=The Times |publisher=|access-date=2017-01-29|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061652/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ayatollah-blames-drought-on-selfies-rxbc9n987|url-status=live}}
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Category:Members of the Assembly of Experts
Category:Representatives of the supreme leader in the provinces of Iran