Mohammad Yazdi

Mohammad Yazdi
محمد یزدی
Yazdi in 2019
Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
In office
10 March 2015 – 23 May 2016
Preceded byMohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Succeeded byAhmad Jannati
Chief Justice of Iran
In office
15 August 1989 – 14 August 1999
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded byAbdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
Succeeded byMahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office
21 February 1991 – 23 May 2016
ConstituencyTehran Province
Majority970,192 (4th assembly)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1984 – 27 May 1988
ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority156,049 (93.1%)
In office
28 May 1980 – 27 May 1984
ConstituencyQom
Majority129,678 (83.1%)
Member of Assembly of Experts for the Constitution
In office
19 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
ConstituencyBakhtaran Province
Majority101,735 (46%)
Personal details
Born(1931-07-02)2 July 1931
Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia
Died9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 89)
Qom, Iran
Resting placeFatima Masumeh Shrine
NationalityIranian
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)
Spouse
Batoul Azari
(died 2020)
Children4

Mohammad Yazdi (Persian: محمد یزدی; 2 July 1931 – 9 December 2020) was an Iranian conservative and principlist cleric who served as the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999. In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran's Assembly of Experts, defeating Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, by a vote count of 47 to 24.

Early life

Mohammad Yazdi was born in 1931 to a religious family at Isfahan. Sheikh Ali Yazdi, his father, was a student of Sheikh Abdul Karim Haeri and at one of the Isfahan mosques as chief mullah for Friday prayers and ceremonies investigated the people's problems.

Education

At first, Ayatollah Yazdi learned Persian language from his father and then went to Maktab. Also he departed to newly founded school to continue his education. When he went to Qom, he resided at the Feyziyeh School and learned religious courses from scholars such as Mohammad Ali Araki, Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Amoli, Ayatollah Shahroudi, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Borujerdi and Ruhollah Khomeini.

Political career

Before victory of Iranian Revolution

Ayatollah Yazdi usually gave the lectures at mosques and house of scholars. Also he taught Morality course at the Feyziyeh School and discussed politic subjects. Mohammad Yazdi was exiled by SAVAK many times to Bandar Lengeh, Bushehr and Rudbar.

After victory of Iranian Revolution

After Ayatollah Khamenei became leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Yazdi served as the president of the Supreme Court. He remained in the post for many years before being replaced by Muhammad Hashemi Shahroudi. Yazdi was a member of the Assembly of Experts and the Guardian Council. He served as the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran.

This is some of the political career of Ayatollah Yazdi after The Islamic Revolution as follows:

Political views

United States

In the run-up to the February 2016 elections, Yazdi opposed bilateral relations with the United States. In the popular election held in February 2016 for Assembly of Experts candidates, incumbent Chairman Yazdi was not among the 16 experts who received enough votes to represent Tehran in the Fifth Assembly of Experts.

Many western media outlets pointed to Yazdi's exit from the Assembly when providing and emphasizing the gains that reformists made in the 2016 elections. In a speech congratulating those elected to the Fifth Assembly of Experts, Yazdi advocated for peaceful, moderate relations with other countries, but went on to warn about dealing with enemies and characterized America as "The Great Satan". Two days later, Fars News Agency reported the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei lamented the Assembly's loss of Yazdi as Chairman and warned of the risk that the West could influence or infiltrate Iran. As of 9 May 2016, Yazdi remained on the Guardian Council, which vets potential candidates for the Assembly of Experts. During Yazdi's tenure on the Guardian Council, human-rights organizations have criticized the Guardian Council's disqualification of reform candidates in the 2016 elections.

Sanctions

In February 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Yazdi for "preventing free and fair elections in Iran."

Work

Ayatollah Yazdi authored several books in English and Persian such as, Your missing, Answers of Mardooq's accusations and Imamah in Shia Islam.

Death

Yazdi died on 9 December 2020. He was buried in Qom later that day.

See also


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