Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli

Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli
Ayatollah Tavassoli in a meeting with Ali Khamenei in 2007
Born	1931 Iran
Died	16 February 2008(2008-02-16) (aged 76–77) Tehran, Iran
Title	Ayatollah

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Tavassoli (Persian: محمدرضا توسلی) (1931–2008) was an influential Iranian theologian, reformist politician, and a close associate of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.Tavassoli was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He belonged to the Militant Clerics League.^[1] Ayatollah Tavassoli simultaneously held a seat in the 3rd Assembly of Experts.

Tavassoli died on 16 February 2008, from a heart attack, while delivering a speech to the Expediency Council. He was 77 years old at the time of his death.^[2]

See also

• List of members of Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran
• List of ayatollahs

References and notes

1. "Foreign press and media department". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
2. Iranian Ayatollah dies during speech, Agence France-Presse (February 17, 2008).