Seyyed Ali Shafiei ( Persian : سیدعلی شفیعی ) (born 1940 in Dezful , resident in Ahvaz ) is an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, who is a member of Assembly of Experts from Khuzestan province . He is a/the son of Seyyed Mohammad Reza (Shafiei) who was from the known Shia Islamic scholars of Khuzestan. Seyyed Ali Shafiei commenced his educations from Maktabkhaneh ( Kuttab ), and began to peruse Quran and Islamic issues. Afterwards, he entered a new school. Later on, he went to educate Hawzah lessons in the city of Ahwaz . Then, Seyyed-Ali departed to the Seminary of Najaf , in Iraq . After Najaf , he came back to Ahwaz; and was appointed as a/the Imam of Jama'ah in Ahwaz, and commenced to promote Islamic rulings.