Ali Shariati
Iravani resided in his birthplace, Golestan Province, until his 11th grade and moved to Mashhad to receive his diploma from Ferdowsi (Aboudhar Ghaffari) High School in 1978. During his early teenage years, he became familiar with writings and work of Ali Shariati. Under the influences of Ali Shariati and Imam Khomeini’s message, Iravani became interested in learning more about Islam. A year after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, he attended Howze Elmiyeh in Qom for further Islamic studies.