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Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari ( Persian : محسن مجتهد شبستری ; 1937 – 17 November 2021) was an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He was a member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate. 4th term Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254 and last period 743,818 votes. He was MP of Islamic Consultative Assembly in the electoral district of Tehran in the beginning of the revolution for first , second , fourth and fifth terms. He was also Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and fourth imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution from 1995 until his resignation in 2017. Mojtahed Shabestari was a member of Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly . His son Javad Mojtahed Shabestari is member of the Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan . Shabestari died in Tehran on 17 November 2021. "ترکیب مجلس خبرگان کامل شد/موفقیت جامعتین درسراسر کشور/ورودیک غیرروحانی و6نماینده بارای بیش از2میلیون" .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ayatollah Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari ( , was born 1937 in Shabestar , East Azerbaijan ) and is an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He is a member of the present (4th) Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate. Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254 votes and he is imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran.
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Ayatollah Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari ( , was born 1937 in Shabestar , East Azerbaijan ) is an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He is a member of the 1s, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate. 4th term Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254 and last period 743,818 votes.He was MP of Islamic Consultative Assembly in the electoral district of Tehran in the beginning of the revolution for first , second , fourth and fifth terms.He was also Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and fourth imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution from 1995 until his resignation in 2017.Mojtahed Shabestari is a member of Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly .His son Javad Mojtahed Shabestari is member of the Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan . [1] "نماينده مجلس خبرگان رهبري: مسووليت مقام نيست، وظيفه است" . "ترکیب مجلس خبرگان کامل شد/موفقیت جامعتین درسراسر کشور/ورودیک غیرروحانی و6نماینده بارای بیش از2میلیون" .
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He was a member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate. 4th term Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254 and last period 743,818 votes. He was MP of Islamic Consultative Assembly in the electoral district of Tehran in the beginning of the revolution for first , second , fourth and fifth terms. He was also Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and fourth imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution from 1995 until his resignation in 2017. Mojtahed Shabestari was a member of Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly . His son Javad Mojtahed Shabestari is member of the Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan . Shabestari died in Tehran on 17 November 2021. "ترکیب مجلس خبرگان کامل شد/موفقیت جامعتین درسراسر کشور/ورودیک غیرروحانی و6نماینده بارای بیش از2میلیون" .
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born 1937 in shabestar
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iranian shiite cleric and politician
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