Hossein Vahid Khorasani
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani (Arabic: حسین وحید الخراسانی Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی, born January 1, 1921) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and moved to Najaf, Iraq in 1960 and studied in seminaries of Grand Ayatollah Khoei until he moved back to Iran in 1972 and currently resides and teaches in the Seminary of Qom, Iran. He is also the father in law of Sadeq Larijani.[1] It has been reported that he is opposed to Ayatollah Khamenei, and has left town to avoid visiting with him.[2][3]
References
- ^ Khalaji, Mehdi (14 August 2009). Militarization of the Iranian Judiciary, lebanonwire.com ("Sadeq Larijani is the son of Grand Ayatollah Hashem Amoli and the son-in-law of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani, currently one of the most widely followed marjas")
- ^ Sahimi, Muhammad (20 August 2009). Nepotism & the Larijani Dynasty, pbs.org (Tehran Bureau) ("Sadegh Larijani married the Ayatollah's daughter. There is an interesting twist to this. His father-in-law is known to oppose Ayatollah Khamenei. When the right-wing clergy tried to promote Ayatollah Khamenei as a marja' taghlid (source of emulation) in the 1990s, Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani is known to have told him, "You be the sultan [king], but leave marjaeiyat [being source of emulation] to others." Whenever Ayatollah Khamenei visits Qom, Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani leaves town, just so that he would not have to meet with him.")
- ^ (1 January 2011). Qom leaders defy Khamenei once more, ncr-iran.org (National Council of Resistance of Iran) ("It is worth recalling that despite Khamenei’s four trips to Qom this year, religious leaders in the city, including Vahid Khorasani, refused to meet him.")
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Nishapur, Iran |
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