Mojtaba Tehrani
Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation".[1]
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Died | 1 January 2013 79) Tehran, Iran | (aged
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Tehrani studied at the Islamic seminary in Qum under the future Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and he wrote a personal Resalah, a legal manual of edicts on Islamic law. He was "imam of one of Tehran's largest and most important mosques".[2] Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran attended his funeral procession.[3]
References
- "Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani laid to rest". Tehran Times. Tehran. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- Muravchik, Joshua (2010). The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 146. ISBN 9781458770295.
- "Leader attends funeral procession of Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani". IRIB World Service. Tehran. 3 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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