Abdul-Nabi Namazi
Iranian ayatollah (1948–2024)
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Abdul Nabi Namazi (Persian: عبدالنبی نمازی; 1948 – 28 January 2024) was an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric and politician. He was a member of the 2nd and 3rd Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from Bushehr province. He was re-elected for the 4th and 5th Assemblies, from Tehran province and Isfahan province respectively.
Abdul-Nabi Namazi | |
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عبدالنبی نمازی | |
Namazi in 2016 | |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| In office 21 February 1991 – 20 February 2007 | |
| Constituency | Bushehr province |
| In office 20 February 2007 – 24 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Tehran province |
| In office 24 May 2016 – 28 January 2024 | |
| Constituency | Isfahan province |
| Prosecutor-General of Iran | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| Appointed by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Preceded by | Morteza Moghtadai |
| Succeeded by | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abdolnabi Namazi 1948 |
| Died | 28 January 2024 (aged 75–76) |
Known for | Ayatollah and politician |
Biography
Born in 1948,[1] Namazi was the prosecutor-general for the judiciary of the Islamic Republic[2] and received some notoriety in 2002 when he was criticized by the conservative newspaper Jumhuri Eslami, for "flagrantly" ignoring Supreme Leaders Ali Khamenei's order to review a death sentence handed down to Hashem Aghajari for apostasy for a speech he gave on Islam urging Iranians to "not blindly follow" Islamic clerics.[3][4]
Namazi died on 28 January 2024.[5]
See also
- 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
- List of ayatollahs
- Prosecutor-General of Iran
- List of members in the Second Term of the Council of Experts
- List of members in the Third Term of the Council of Experts
- List of members in the Fourth Term of the Council of Experts
- List of members in the Fifth Term of the Council of Experts
