Mojtaba Tehrani
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Grand Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani | |
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مجتبي تهراني | |
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| Born | 4 April 1933 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 1 January 2013 (aged 79) Tehran, Iran |
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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][2]
Biography
[edit]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".[3] Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran attended his funeral procession.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani laid to rest". Tehran Times. Tehran. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani || Imam Reza (A.S.) Network". www.imamreza.net. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ 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". Tehran: IRIB World Service. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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