Mohsen Araki (; ; born 1955) is an Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer and politician. He is a member of the Assembly of Experts, and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council of the System. He is one of the students of the Islamic thinker Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr.
In 2022, during the 2021–2022 Iranian protests, he advocated for the death penalty for protestors. He argued that those who participate in the protests should be found guilty of "corruption on earth".
Life He was born in Najaf, Iraq. He benefited from the Islamic seminary in Najaf and Qom. He speaks fluent Arabic and English and has authored dozens of books in Persian, Arabic, and English. He was the personal representative of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (the Supreme Leader of Iran) in London and also the Head of the Islamic Centre of England until 2004.:ar:محسن الأراكي
In November 2025, he blamed a drought that Iran was suffering on Iranian women failing to wear their hijabs.State Cleric Blames ‘Women Not Wearing Hijab’ For Drought in Iran, Iran in Focus, November 10, 2025 .
0n 27 January 2026, Araki called for legal action against the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers for criticizing the authorities' response to the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/2146573/انتقاد-شدید-عضو-خبرگان-رهبری-از-بیانیه-مجمع-محققین-و-مدرسینhttps://www.khabaronline.ir/news/2174518/مجمع-مدرسین-و-محققین-حوزه-علمیه-قم-آزادی-بیان-اولویت-دارد-اظهارات
Works Causality and Freedom (Al-Tawhid, Volume 17, n.2, Spring 2003)
See also
List of ayatollahs
References