Mojtaba Tehrani Explained
| Mojtaba Tehrani |
| Native Name: | مجتبي تهراني |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation".[1]
Tehrani studied at the Islamic seminary in Qum under the future Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and he wrote a personal Resalah, a legal manual of edicts on Islamic law. He was "imam of one of Tehran's largest and most important mosques".[2] Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran attended his funeral procession.[3]
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Notes and References
- News: Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani laid to rest. Tehran Times. Tehran. 4 January 2013. 17 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130108170047/http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/104595-ayatollah-mojtaba-tehrani-laid-to-rest. 8 January 2013. dmy-all.
- Book: Muravchik
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. Joshua Muravchik . The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East . ReadHowYouWant.com . 2010 . 146 . 9781458770295 .
- News: Leader attends funeral procession of Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani. IRIB World Service. Tehran. 3 January 2013. 17 February 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130413002500/http://english.irib.ir/news/political4/item/104458-leader-attends-funeral-procession-of-grand-ayatollah-agha-mojtaba-tehrani. 13 April 2013. dmy-all.
