Nasser Biria

Nasser Sagha-ye Biria
Biria during a press conference in 2013
Born(1959-01-22)22 January 1959
Died14 January 2025(2025-01-14) (aged 65)
Alma materMcGill University
University of Houston
OrganizationImam Khomeini Educational Research Institute
Political party
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
RelativesFoad Izadi (son-in-law)

Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria (Persian: محمدناصر سقای بی‌ریا; 22 January 1959 – 14 January 2025) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric, conservative politician and head of psychology department at Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute.[1] He was a senior member of Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.[2] In the early 2000s, Saghaye-Biria was Imam of The Islamic Education Center of Houston, Texas.[3]

Biria was born on 22 January 1959.[4] He was a protégé of Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi[5] and served as an advisor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on clerical and religious affairs.[6] Biria died on 14 January 2025, at the age of 65.[7]

Electoral history

YearElectionVotes%RankNotesRef
2012Parliament Tehran R1◦266,55512.5735th Went to Run-offKhabarOnline
Parliament Tehran R2◦Decrease 221,941Increase 19.7036th LostMashreghNews
2016Assembly of Experts Qom N/a DisqualifiedRoozOnline
Parliament Tehran N/a WithdrewFarsNews

Bibliography

  • Saghaye-Biria, M. N. (1997). Feyz Kashani On Self- Accounting And Self-Supervision (Thesis). McGill University.
  • Saghaye-Biria, M. N. (2004). Morality in the Context of Belief: An Islamic Perspective (Thesis). University of Houston.

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Dr. Naser Saghaye Biria", Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, 29 June 2010, retrieved 1 August 2017
  2. ↑ "Iran: A Political Threat to Rouhani? Introducing the Endurance Front". EA WorldView. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "High-Tech Shia Pet", Houston Press, 20 February 2003, retrieved 7 April 2017
  4. ↑ رزومه حجت الاسلام دکتر سقای بی ریا (in Persian)
  5. ↑ Nader Uskowi (22 July 2010), "Selected Headlines: Ahmadinejad's Advisor on Religious Affairs Resigns", Tehran Bureau, PBS, retrieved 11 December 2016
  6. ↑ Ali Alfoneh, Ahmad Majidyar and Michael Rubin (24 May 2011), "Iran News Round Up", Critical Threats Project Iran, retrieved 7 April 2017
  7. ↑ «سقای بی ریا» درگذشت (in Persian)