Mohammad Yazdi | |
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محمد یزدی | |
![]() Yazdi in 2019 | |
Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
In office 10 March 2015 – 24 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Jannati |
Chief Justice of Iran | |
In office 15 August 1989 – 14 August 1999 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
In office 21 February 1991 – 23 May 2016 | |
Constituency | Tehran Province |
Majority | 970,192 (4th assembly) |
Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 May 1984 – 27 May 1988 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat |
Majority | 156,049 (93.1%) |
In office 28 May 1980 – 27 May 1984 | |
Constituency | Qom |
Majority | 129,678 (83.1%) |
Member of Assembly of Experts for the Constitution | |
In office 19 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 | |
Constituency | Bakhtaran Province |
Majority | 101,735 (46%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia | 2 July 1931
Died | 9 December 2020 Qom, Iran | (aged 89)
Resting place | Fatima Masumeh Shrine |
Nationality | Iranian |
Political party | Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
Other political affiliations | Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) |
Spouse |
Batoul Azari (died 2020) |
Children | 4 |
Mohammad Yazdi (Persian: محمد یزدی; 2 July 1931[2] – 9 December 2020)[3] was an Iranian conservative and principlist 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 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, by a vote count of 47 to 24.[4]
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