Kazem Al-Haeri

Kazem Al-Haeri

Grand Ayatollah Kazem Husseini Haeri (Arabic: كاظم حسيني حائري‎) is a prominent Twelver Shi'a marja. Haeri was born in Iran, but moved to Iraq to lead the Twelver Shi'a community there. He was a top leader of the Al-Da'wa Party in Iraq. His involvement in the party led to his exile in the 1970s, when he moved to Iran, where he remains to this day in the holy city of Qom.