Mohammad Yazdii
| Mohammad Yazdi | |
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| Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
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Assumed office 10 March 2015 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
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Assumed office 21 February 1991 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 970,192 (4th assembly)[1] |
| Chief Justice of Iran | |
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In office 30 June 1989 – 30 June 1999 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
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In office 28 May 1980 – 27 May 1988 | |
| Constituency |
Qom (1st term) Tehran (2nd term) |
| Majority | 156,049 (93.1%; 2nd term)[2] |
| Member of Assembly of Experts for the Constitution | |
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In office 19 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 | |
| Constituency | Bakhtaran Province |
| Majority | 101,735 (46%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 2, 1931 Isfahan, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Mohammad Yazdi (Persian: Mohamad Yazdi) (born 2 July 1931)[3] is an Iranian cleric who served as the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999. In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran's Assembly of Experts, defeating Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, by a vote count of 47 to 24.[4]
Career
Yazdi is a member of the Assembly of Experts[3] and the Guardian Council. He served as the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran.
In 2009, Abbas Palizdar, a member of the Iranian Parliament's judicial inquiry and review committee, accused Yazdi of corruption and money laundering.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Assembly of Experts. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- 1 2 Khalaji, Mehdi (February 2012). "Supreme Succession. Who Will Lead Post-Khamenei Iran?" (Policy Focus (No. 117)). The Washington Institute. Washington DC.
- ↑ http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/world/middleeast/conservative-cleric-chosen-to-lead-iranian-council.html?_r=0. Retrieved 2015-03-11. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ After Khomeini: Iran under his successors. Saïd Amir Arjomand, p. 62
- ↑ "News". IPS News. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Fight between Iran's Neoconservatives and Conservatives". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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| Preceded by Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili |
Head of judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran 1989–1999 |
Succeeded by Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
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