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Iran's senior cleric Ayatollah Shahroudi passes away
 [PRESSTV] Head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, has passed away at the age of 70 after months of suffering acute ill health.The prominent religious and political figure succumbed to renal and intestinal malfunctions at Tehran's Khatam al-Anbiya Hospital on Monday. During his lifetime, Ayatollah Shahroudi served in many other crucial positions in the Islamic Theocratic Republic. He was born in 1948 in the Iraqi city of Najaf, which has hosted many Moslem scholars. In Iraq, Ayatollah Shahroudi attended classes held by the late founder of the Islamic Theocratic Republic, Imam Khomeini. He fought against the dictatorial rule of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and was locked away You have the right to remain silent... and tortured by his forces. Ayatollah Shahroudi traveled to Iran after the victory of the Islamic Revolution to serve as an intermediary between Imam Khomeini and Iraqi scholars and leaders. He took the helm of the Expediency Council in 2017 to succeed late Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. The Expediency Council is mainly responsible for arbitrating between the Iranian Parliament and the Guardian Council, which itself supervises the Parliament. Ayatollah Shahroudi also served as the head of Iran’s Judiciary for 10 years. His attempts for speeding up due processes and establishing close contact with the ordinary people were among the achievements the late holy man was credited for. Top Iranian cleric Shahroudi dies who oversaw 2,000 executions [Jpost] Shahroudi, 70, was a close ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and had been seen by analysts as a possible successor to him. Shahroudi, 70, was a close ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and had been seen by analysts as a possible successor to him. He cut short a visit to Germany for treatment in January when activists referred him to German prosecutors, citing his record of passing death sentences which they said amounted to a crime against humanity.
Posted by: Fred 2018-12-25 |
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