Mojtaba Tehrani

Grand Ayatollah
Mojtaba Tehrani
مجتبی تهرانی
Born(1933-04-04)4 April 1933
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Died1 January 2013(2013-01-01) (aged 79)
Tehran, Iran
Websitewww.mojtabatehrani.ir

Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبی تهرانی; 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".

Biography

Tehrani studied at the Islamic seminary in Qom 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". Ali Khamenei, the second Supreme Leader of Iran, attended his funeral procession.

References

  1. ↑ "Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani laid to rest". Tehran Times. Tehran. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani || Imam Reza (A.S.) Network". www.imamreza.net. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Muravchik, Joshua (2010). The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 146. ISBN 9781458770295.
  4. ↑ "Leader attends funeral procession of Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani". Tehran: IRIB World Service. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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