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Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
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Ayatollah
Abbas Vaez Tabasi is an influential member of the Expediency Discernment Council
and the Assembly of Experts
of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Furthermore, Vaez-Tabasi is the head of the Astan Quds Razavi
Foundation. The foundation runs "auto plants, agricultural businesses, and many other enterprises, and it is worth an estimated $15 billion." This gives him the nickname of Sultan of Khorasan, and his son Naser the Heir to the throne of Khorasan in Iran.
In 2006
he was elected to the Assembly of Experts
to the surprise of some observers.
Ayatollah
Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...
Abbas Vaez Tabasi is an influential member of the Expediency Discernment Council
Expediency Discernment Council
The Expediency Discernment Council of the System is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988...
and the Assembly of Experts
Assembly of Experts
The Assembly of Experts of Iran , also translated as Council of Experts, is a deliberative body of 86 Mujtahids that is charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities.Members of the assembly are elected from a government-screened list of candidates by...
of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Furthermore, Vaez-Tabasi is the head of the Astan Quds Razavi
Astan Quds Razavi
Astan Quds Razavi is a Bonyad, or autonomous charitable foundation, in Mashhad, Iran. It is the administrative organization which manage Imam Reza shrine and institutions belonging to the organization....
Foundation. The foundation runs "auto plants, agricultural businesses, and many other enterprises, and it is worth an estimated $15 billion." This gives him the nickname of Sultan of Khorasan, and his son Naser the Heir to the throne of Khorasan in Iran.
In 2006
Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006
The Iranian Assembly of Experts election of 2006 was held on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for the Assembly of Experts, the mujtahid that elect the Supreme Leader....
he was elected to the Assembly of Experts
Assembly of Experts
The Assembly of Experts of Iran , also translated as Council of Experts, is a deliberative body of 86 Mujtahids that is charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities.Members of the assembly are elected from a government-screened list of candidates by...
to the surprise of some observers.