Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani Explained

Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani (Persian: محمد محمدی گیلانی) (31 August 1929^[1]  - 9 July 2014) was a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the chief justice of the supreme court of Iran,^[2] a position different from the head of the judiciary.

Gilani was a judge of Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court for 1980–85. Later, he was a member of the Guardian Council between 1986 and 1992.^[3]

Gilani is also known for having signed the death warrants of Baha'i leaders in the years following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. ^[4]

External links

• Experts Assembly election results for Tehran
• Chronology of Events in Iran, August 2004

Notes and References

1. https://www.citytomb.com/biographies/Mohammad_Mohammadi_Davi_Sarayi/fa Biography of Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
2. A. Savyon, Conservatives and Reformists Debate Public Flogging, MEMRI, Iran: Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 80, 7 December 2001
3. Web site: Ayatollah Mohammadi Gilani passes away - Tehran Times . 2016-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201322/http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/116911-ayatollah-mohammadi-gilani-passes-away . 2014-07-14 .
4. Web site: "Others" In Their Own Land . . 2022-09-30.