Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the 12 members of the guardian council of the islamic republic of iran”. Today it says “iranian twelver shi'a cleric who was born in ahwaz in 1962 into a religious family”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Iranian ayatollah Ayatollah”. It now reads “Iranian Ayatollah Ayatollah”.
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Abbas Ka'bi Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi Nasab ( Persian : آیت الله عباس کعبی) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric who was born in Ahwaz in 1962 in a religious family.1 He has records of being as one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran , a member of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom , a professor of university, a member and the vice-president of the security committee of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership , and other significant positions. Ayatollah Ka’bi went to Ahwaz seminary in 1976, then immigrated to Qom in 1985 and finished his Islamic education, afterwards participated in the classes of famous scholars and ayatollahs such as Makeram Shirazi , Hossein Vahid Khorasani , Safi Golpaygani , Ja'far Sobhani , and so on.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi Nasab is one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran . He simultaneously holds a seat in the Assembly of Experts . Results of Assembly of Experts elections in some provinces - Irna
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Iranian Ayatollah Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi Nasab ( Persian : آیت الله عباس کعبی) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric who was born in Ahwaz in 1962 into a religious family. Records mention that he is one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran , a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom , a professor of a university, a member and the vice-president of the security committee of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership , and other significant positions.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the 12 members of the guardian council of the islamic republic of iran”. Today it says “iranian twelver shi'a cleric who was born in ahwaz in 1962 into a religious family”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Iranian ayatollah Ayatollah”. It now reads “Iranian Ayatollah Ayatollah”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
one of the 12 members of the guardian council of the islamic republic of iran
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iranian twelver shi'a cleric who was born in ahwaz in 1962 into a religious family
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