Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi | |
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محمود هاشمی شاهرودی | |
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| Chairman of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| In office 14 August 2017 – 24 December 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Succeeded by | Sadeq Larijani |
| Chairman of the Assembly of Experts Acting | |
| In office 21 October 2014 – 10 March 2015 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Reza Mahdavi Kani |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Yazdi |
| Chief Justice of Iran | |
| In office 14 August 1999 – 14 August 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Yazdi |
| Succeeded by | Sadeq Larijani |
| Member of Assembly of Experts | |
| In office 24 February 1999 – 24 December 2018 | |
| Constituency | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Majority | 1,499,109 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 15 August 1948 Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Died | 24 December 2018 (aged 70)[1] Tehran, Iran |
| Citizenship | Iranian and Iraqi[2] |
| Political party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Islamic Dawa Party |
| Website | Personal website |
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (Persian: سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی, 15 August 1948 – 24 December 2018) was an Iranian-Iraqi Twelver Shia cleric and conservative politician who was the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council from 14 August 2017 until his death on 24 December 2018. He was previously the Chief Justice of Iran from 1999 to 2009.
He was also an Iraqi citizen and a former member of the Islamic Dawa Party.[2] Shahroudi's official English-language biographical information from the Iranian Assembly of Experts' website opens with his education received in Najaf, Iraq from Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, the Islamic Dawa Party's founder, and takes the view that al-Sadr was killed; al-Sadr was executed without trial by Saddam Hussein's regime in April 1980.[3] Hashemi Shahroudi became the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which caused objections to his serving as the Head of Iran's Judiciary. He was a member of Iran's Guardian Council.
Upon accepting his position as the Head of Iran's Judiciary, Shahroudi proclaimed: "I have inherited an utter ruin from the previous judiciary," referring to Mohammad Yazdi's 10 years in office.[4][5] He appointed Saeed Mortazavi, a well known fundamentalist and controversial figure, prosecutor general of Iran. Later when Mortazavi led the judiciary against Khatami's reform movement, Shahroudi was prevented by regime hardliners from stopping Mortazavi's violent acts against dissidents or removing him from power.[6] In July 2011 Shahroudi was appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to head an arbitration body to resolve an ongoing dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the parliament.[7] He was a favorite as one of the potential successors of Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader of Iran.[8]
According to one of his former alleged students, Shahroudi was considered among the wealthiest of Shi'i scholars in Iran, having amassed a substantial multi-million dollar revenue generating income from an export-import business.[9][10][failed verification] In 2010, he declared himself a Marja'.[11][12][13]
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- ^ "Shahroudi says Iran's Judiciary in need of reform". Payvand. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Letter". Savedelara. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ ".:Middle East Online::Feared Iranian prosecutor falls from grace". Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
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- ^ [1] He was also First Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of Experts.
- ^ "Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi(First vice_chairman)". Official website of the Assembly of Experts. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ اعلام مرجعیت آیت الله هاشمی شاهرودی Farda News
- ^ هاشمی شاهرودی اعلام مرجعیت کرد Archived 20 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Aftab News
- ^ ورود رسمی آیت الله هاشمی شاهرودی به جرگه مرجعیت