Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani | |
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Member of the Parliament | |
In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 1992 | |
Constituency | Zanjan and Tarom |
In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 | |
Constituency | Mahneshan and Ijrud |
Personal details | |
Born | Zanjan, Iran | 23 December 1941
Political party | Association of Combatant Clerics |
Alma mater | Qom Hawza |
Grand Ayatollah[1] Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (Persian: اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He has published objections to Iran's system of Islamic Jurist Guardianship known as velayat-e faqih, asserting that this system is not founded on Islam.[2]