Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
Iranian ayatollah (1935-2016)
Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi (Persian: آيت الله عباس واعظ طبسی, 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an Iranian cleric. He holds memberships at different institutions. He was the Grand Imam and Chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi board from 1979 until his death in 2016. He was born in Tabas, Mashhad.
Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi | |
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.jpg) Tabasi in 2014 | |
| Born | June 25, 1935 |
| Died | March 4, 2016 (aged 80) Mashhad, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Era | Modern era |
| Title | Ayatollah |
| Spouse | Zahra Tabasi (1959–2016, his death) |
| Children | Naser (b. 1960) Mostafa (b. 1962) Maedeh (b. 1964) |
Tabasi died from respiratory failure in Mashhad, Iran on 4 March 2016. He had lung cancer. Tabasi was aged 80.[1]
References change
- ↑ "PressTV-Senior Iranian cleric passes away". www.presstv.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
Other websites change
- Official Website Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- BBC article about Naser Vaez-Tabasi Archived 2015-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
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