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Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, who passed away on Monday at the age of 70 after months of ill health, was laid to rest in the holy city of Qom on...

The Supreme Leader of the Iran Islamic revolution—Ayatollah Khamenei— issued a message, expressing condolences for the passing of the great faqih, the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council...

Place of birth: Najaf – Iraq   Born and Upbringing Ayatollah sayyid Mahmud Hashemi Shahroudi was born in the holy city of Najaf in Iraq in 1948 (the 2nd of Dhu`l-Qa’dah 1367 of Muhammadan year). His ancestors are originally from Shahroud, an east-central city in Iran. His father Ayatollah sayyid Ali …