Reza Mohammadi Langroudi | |
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| Title | Ayatollah |
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| Born | 3 August 1928 |
| Died | 5 March 2020 (aged 91) Langarud, Gilan Province, Iran |
| Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Era | Modern history |
| Creed | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Main interest(s) | Usool Fiqh |
| Senior posting | |
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Reza Mohammadi Langroudi (Persian: رضا محمدی لنگرودی; 3 August 1928 – 5 March 2020)[1] was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric of the rank of Ayatollah. He served as representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the town of Langroud.[2][better source needed]
Reza Mohammadi Langroudi was a student of Hossein Borujerdi, Ruhollah Khomeini and Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani.[3][4]
During the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he played an influential role in the marches. For a time, he was the temporary Friday imam of Langroud and Amlash.
Langroudi died at the age of 91 as a result of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 5 March 2020.[1][5]
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- ^ "Two Iranian religious figures latest to die of coronavirus in Iran". Al Arabiya English. 7 March 2020.