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Ebrahim Amini

1925 – 2020

Iranian cleric

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Lived 1925 – 2020 (aged 94). Ebrahim Amini was an Iranian politician, akhoond and theologian.

Ebrahim Haj Amini Najafabadi (; 30 June 1925 – 24 April 2020) was an Iranian principlist politician who was a member of the Assembly of Experts. He was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and was previously identified as a possible candidate to become the next Iranian Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Amini was a jurist and a moderate supporter of jurisprudential Islam. He was a member of the Council for the Revision of the Second Constitution in 1989 and was a supporter of the maximum ruling term of a Supreme Leader being ten years.

Life Ibrahim Haj Amini Najafabadi was born in 1925 in Najafabad. He completed his primary education in there and entered the Isfahan seminary in 1943 and studied Arabic literature, logic, principles and jurisprudence. In 1944, he moved to the Qom seminary to continue his education in fiqh and principles from Hossein Borujerdi, Mohammad Taqi Khansari, Mohammad Hojjat Kohkamri, Ruhollah Khomeini, and studied the philosophy of Asfar under Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai. Following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he received two decrees from Khomeini.

Amini was known as a critic of the government of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Amini died in April 2020 at the age of 94, at the Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Qom.

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Grand ayatollah, Member of the Assembly of Experts
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Ebrahim Haj Amini Najafabadi

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ebrahim Amini?

Iranian cleric (1925–2020)

When was Ebrahim Amini born?

Ebrahim Amini was born on 30 June 1925 in Najafabad.

When did Ebrahim Amini die?

Ebrahim Amini died on 24 April 2020 in Qom.

What was Ebrahim Amini's occupation?

Ebrahim Amini was a politician, akhoond and theologian.

What nationality was Ebrahim Amini?

Ebrahim Amini was Iranian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ebrahim Amini

· Wikidata: Q3180917

· DBpedia: Ebrahim Amini

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