Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani
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Biography
Grand Ayatollah Zanjani studied religion in Zanjan and Qom and was promoted to degree of Marja', thus being a mujtahid. Among his teachers were Allameh Tabatabaei, Morteza Motahhari, Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Araki and Golpaygani.[3]
He is author of more than 10 books and is currently teaching Philosophy and religion in Qom Seminary.
Political career
Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Zanjani was a pro-democracy activist. In 1972, he was arrested and spent a year in prison. After the revolution, he was involved in the launching of the Islamic Republican Party. Zanjani was also a member of the committee to reassess the Iranian constitution. He was elected three times to Iranian parliament where he represented the city of Zanjan.
Grand Ayatollah Zanjani was among the influential clerics who supported ex-prime minister Mousavi and questioned the legitimacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency.[4]
In September 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Guidance Patrol, Zanjani said that the Guidance Patrol is “not only an illegal and anti-Islamic body, but also illogical. No part of our country’s laws assigns any mission or responsibility to this vigilante force,” and accused it of committing “repression and immoral acts.”[5]
References
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- ↑ Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani on Wilayat e Faqih
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- ↑ Clerics May Be Key to Outcome of Unrest nytimes.com
- ↑ Senior ayatollahs say Iran's morality police are 'illegal and un-Islamic' - Telegraph
External links
- Grand Ayatollah Bayat-Zanjani's official website (in Persian)
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- Iranian reformists
- Living people
- People from Zanjan, Iran
- 1941 births
- Association of Combatant Clerics politicians
- Deputies of Mah Neshan and Ijrud
- Deputies of Zanjan and Tarom
- Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 2nd Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 3rd Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Second deputies of Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers members
- Qom Seminary alumni
- 20th-century Iranian people
- 21st-century Iranian people