In an interview with ABNA, the Adviser to the Secretary General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in Seminary and Clerics Affairs, stated, “Imamate is a special rank that does not include all prophets and only some of them could reach it. Imam Ali (a.s.) has the rank of Imamate and the fact that according to hadiths, his status is higher than the prophets is for this reason.”