Abbas Vaez-Tabasi

Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi (Persian: آيت الله عباس واعظ طبسی, 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an Iranian cleric. He holds memberships at different institutions. He was the Grand Imam and Chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi board from 1979 until his death in 2016. He was born in Tabas, Mashhad.

Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
Abbas Vaez-Tabasi - oepning of Dar ul Marhama portico - Holy shrine of Imam Reza - Mashhad (cropped).jpg
Tabasi in 2014
Born(1935-06-25)June 25, 1935
Tabas, Mashhad, Iran
DiedMarch 4, 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 80)
Mashhad, Iran
NationalityIranian
EraModern era
TitleAyatollah
Spouse(s)Zahra Tabasi (1959–2016, his death)
ChildrenNaser (b. 1960)
Mostafa (b. 1962)
Maedeh (b. 1964)

Tabasi died from respiratory failure in Mashhad, Iran on 4 March 2016. He had lung cancer. Tabasi was aged 80.[1]

References

  1. "PressTV-Senior Iranian cleric passes away". www.presstv.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2019-01-20.

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