Nasser Biria

Nasser Sagha-ye Biria
Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria during a press conference, 2013.
Born	(1959-01-22)22 January 1959 Kermanshah, Iran
Died	14 January 2025(2025-01-14) (aged 65)
Alma mater	McGill University University of Houston
Organization	Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute
Political party	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability

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

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes	Ref
2012	Parliament Tehran R1◦	266,555	12.57	35th	Went to Run-off	KhabarOnline
	Parliament Tehran R2◦	221,941	19.70	36th	Lost	MashreghNews
2016	Assembly of Experts Qom	—			Disqualified	RoozOnline
	Parliament Tehran	—			Withdrew	FarsNews

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)

Party political offices
Preceded by Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh	Spokesperson of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability 2013–2016	Succeeded by Majid Mottaghifar