Yousef Saanei
Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei (Persian: يوسف صانعى; October 1937[1] – 12 September 2020) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and politician. He was a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran's powerful Guardian Council from 1980 to 1983 and also Attorney-General of Iran from 1981 to 1989.[2] He was born in Isfahan, Iran.
Saanei died on 12 September 2020 in Qom, Iran from kidney failure caused by diabetes at the age of 82.[3]
References
- ↑ "آیت الله یوسف صانعی کیست؟ مسئولیت ها و آثار + عکس". 12 September 2020.
- ↑ "Joint Crisis: Supreme Defense Council of Iran, 1980" (PDF). Harvard Model United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ آیت الله یوسف صانعی، مرجع منتقد حکومت ایران درگذشت (in Persian)