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Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation".[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah, Iran, Iranian peoples, IRIB World Service, List of deceased maraji, Marja', Qom, Risalah (fiqh), Ruhollah Khomeini, Shia Islam, Supreme Leader of Iran, Tehran, Tehran Times, Twelver Shi'ism.

  2. Iranian people of Kurdish descent
  3. Religious leaders from Tehran

Ali Khamenei

Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (translit,; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja' and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. Mojtaba Tehrani and Ali Khamenei are Iranian Islamists, Iranian grand ayatollahs and Shia Islamists.

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Ayatollah

Ayatollah (âyatollâh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iranian peoples

The Iranian peoples or Iranic peoples are a diverse grouping of peoples who are identified by their usage of the Iranian languages (branch of the Indo-European languages) and other cultural similarities.

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IRIB World Service

IRIB World Service, also known as Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, is the official international broadcasting radio network of Iran.

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List of deceased maraji

This article provides the list of deceased maraji (plural of marja, the supreme legal authority or the source of emulation), both current and deceased, followed by Twelver (also known as Imamiyyah) Shia Muslims around the world.

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Marja'

Marja (marjiʿ; plural marājiʿ) is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia religious cleric, with the authority given by a hawzah (a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated) to make legal decisions within the confines of Islamic law for followers and clerics below him in rank.

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Qom

Qom (قم) is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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Risalah (fiqh)

Risalah (رسالـة) is the Arabic word for treatise, but among the Shia, the term is used as shorthand for a (رسالهی عملیه) or treatise on practical law.

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. Mojtaba Tehrani and Ruhollah Khomeini are Iranian Islamists, Iranian grand ayatollahs and Shia Islamists.

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Supreme Leader of Iran

The supreme leader of Iran (Rahbar-e Moazam-e Irân), also referred to as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution (رهبر معظمانقلاب اسلامی), but officially called the Supreme Leadership Authority (مقاممعظمرهبری), is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran (above the President).

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Tehran

Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province.

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Tehran Times

The Tehran Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Iran, founded in 1979 as the self-styled "voice of the Islamic Revolution".

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Twelver Shi'ism

Twelver Shīʿism (ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة), also known as Imāmiyya (إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa, comprising about 90% of all Shīas.

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See also

Iranian people of Kurdish descent

Religious leaders from Tehran

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojtaba_Tehrani