Abbas Mahfouzi
Iranian Grand Ayatollah
About Abbas Mahfouzi
Lived 1928 – 2024 (aged 96). Abbas Mahfouzi was an Iranian.
Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi (, ; 9 August 1928 – 10 September 2024) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja. He studied in seminars of Qom, Iran under Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Houssein Borujerdi and Mirza Hashem Amoli.
Biography Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi was born in Rudsar, Iran. He started the education of Quran in his childhood. For higher education, he went to Rudsar Seminary. Later he traveled to Qom and studied in Seminars of Qom under Imam Khomeni, Houssein Borujerdi, Mirza Hashem Amoli, Mohammad Reza Golpaygani and Houssein Ali Montezari. He was a firm supporter of Khomeni and he supported Khomeini during 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Mahfouzi died on 10 September 2024, at the age of 96.
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Who was Abbas Mahfouzi?
Iranian Grand Ayatollah
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Abbas Mahfouzi was born on 9 August 1928 in Rudsar.
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Abbas Mahfouzi died on 10 September 2024 in Qom.
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Abbas Mahfouzi was Iranian.
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