Not to be confused with Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Mirza Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi, or Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi.
Iranian Ayatollah (1931-2020)
Ayatollah
Mohammad Yazdi
محمد یزدی
Yazdi in 2019
Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
In office 10 March 2015 – 23 May 2016
Preceded by
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Succeeded by
Ahmad Jannati
Chief Justice of Iran
In office 15 August 1989 – 14 August 1999
Appointed by
Ali Khamenei
Preceded by
Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
Succeeded by
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 21 February 1991 – 23 May 2016
Constituency
Tehran Province
Majority
970,192 (4th assembly)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1984 – 27 May 1988
Constituency
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority
156,049 (93.1%)
In office 28 May 1980 – 27 May 1984
Constituency
Qom
Majority
129,678 (83.1%)
Member of Assembly of Experts for the Constitution
In office 19 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
Constituency
Bakhtaran Province
Majority
101,735 (46%)
Personal details
Born
(1931-07-02)2 July 1931 Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia
Died
9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 89) Qom, Iran
Resting place
Fatima Masumeh Shrine
Nationality
Iranian
Political party
Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Other political affiliations
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)
Spouse
Batoul Azari
(died 2020)
[1]
Children
4
Mohammad Yazdi (Persian: محمد یزدی; 2 July 1931[2] – 9 December 2020)[3] was an Iranian conservative and principlist cleric who served as the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999. In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran's Assembly of Experts, defeating Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, by a vote count of 47 to 24.[4]
^"همسر آیتالله یزدی دار فانی را وداع گفت | خبرگزاری فارس". www.farsnews.ir.
^Cite error: The named reference mehdi2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Secretariat of Assembly of Experts, (Khobregane-Mellat), P. 655
^Erdbrink, Thomas (10 March 2015). "Conservative Cleric Chosen to Lead Iranian Council". The New York Times. Tehran. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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