Abolghasem Khazali

Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali ابوالقاسم خزعلی
Member of Assembly of Experts
In office 15 August 1983 – 16 September 2015
Constituency	Semnan province
Member of the Guardian Council
In office February 1980 – 5 August 1999
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
Constituency	Semnan province
Majority	107,311
Personal details
Born	(1925-03-21)21 March 1925 Borujerd, Iran
Died	16 September 2015(2015-09-16) (aged 90) Tehran, Iran
Spouse	Tahereh Kalbasi
Children	9, including Mehdi
Awards	Order of Service (1st class)[1]

Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi (Persian: ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی, 21 March 1925 – 16 September 2015) was a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi'i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saeed Jalili. He was the conservative chairman of the Guardian Council, and was the oldest member of the current Assembly of Experts.^[2][3] Before the Islamic Revolution, he was one of the strongest challengers of the Shah, and was taken to jail several times. He died on 16 September 2015.^[4]

References

1. نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. Sahimi, Muhammad (4 July 2010). "Tehran Bureau: Who's in Charge?". Iran.News.Now. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
3. "Mehdi Khazali renews hunger strike". Radio Zamaneh. 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
4. "Ayatollah Khazali passes away". The Iran Project. Retrieved 16 September 2015.