Ali Akbar Kalantari (born 1962 in Arsanjan) is a Shiite cleric and one of the representatives of Fars Province in the fifth and sixth terms of the Assembly of Experts . He entered the Assembly of Experts in Fars Province in the 2015 elections, coming in fifth place. Kalantari is a member of the theology faculty at Shiraz University. He is currently the dean of the Faculty of Theology.