Mohammad Yazdi
Iranian Ayatollah (1931-2020)
Mohammad Yazdi (Persian: محمد یزدی, 2 July 1931 – 9 December 2020) was an Iranian cleric and politician. He was the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999. In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran's Assembly of Experts.[1] Yazdi was also Chief Justice of Iran from 1989 to 1999. Yazdi was born in Isfahan, Iran.
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Yazdi died on 9 December 2020 from stomach cancer in Tehran, aged 89.[2]
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- ↑ Erdbrink, Thomas (10 March 2015). "Conservative Cleric Chosen to Lead Iranian Council". The New York Times. Tehran. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ↑ Death of Ayatollah Yazdi, former head of the judiciary
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