Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli

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 ( behind ) in the residence of Ruhollah Khomeini, 1988.

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]

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  1. ↑ Foreign press and media department
  2. ↑ Iranian Ayatollah dies during speech, Agence France-Presse (February 17, 2008).



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