Hujjatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Moulana Imran Reza Ansari is a Kashmiri politician and a Shia cleric, succeeding his father Iftikhar Hussain Ansari after the latter's death. From Wikipedia
Ansari denies insulting the Prophet’s companions, saying a selectively edited video misrepresented his words as he reaffirmed adherence to fatwas forbidding sectarian abuse.