Hassan Ameli

Seyyed Hasan Amili Kalkhoran (born 5 June 1962) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric. A prominent figure in the principlist faction, Amili is a member of the Assembly of Experts from Ardabil Province. He also served as representative of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Ardabil Province from 2001 until the latter's assassination in 2026.

Early life Hasan Amili was born on 5 June 1962 in Ardabil, Iran, to an Iranian Azeri family. He completed his religious studies from the Qom Seminary in Qom where he gained the clerical title Ayatollah. Amili earned his PhD degree in Shia Islamic jurisprudence from the University of Tehran. 5th and 6th Assembly of Experts from Ardabil Province electorate. Amili has close ties with hardline principlist clerics Naser Makarem Shirazi and Ja'far Sobhani.

Amili is often considered one of the main contenders for the post of supreme leader of Iran.

Views Ameli said about the 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes: We have wish presence in Karabakh war, Karabakh is the territory of Islam. I'd personally go to Nagorno-Karabakh War. his speech at Friday Prayers had many reflections in Azerbaijani media.

In February 2025, Amili suggested that American president Donald Trump is the Dajjal antichrist prophesized in Islam.

In May 2025, Amili asserted that Iran should not dismantle its enrichment of uranium infrastructure.