Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami
Iranian ayatollah (1925–1987)
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Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami (1925 – 1 January 1987)[1] (Persian: آیت الله عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی)[a] was an Iranian Muslim scholar and member of the first term of the Assembly of Experts in Iran.[2] He organised popular resistance to Iraq's invasion of Iran.
Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami | |
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عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی | |
Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami in 1979. | |
| Member of Assembly of Experts | |
| In office 10 December 1982 – 1 January 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Office Began |
| Succeeded by | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi |
| Constituency | Ilam Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1925 |
| Died | 1 January 1987 (aged 61–62) |
| Resting place | Fatima Masumeh Shrine |
Ayatollah Heidari was a representative of Ayatollah Khomeini in Ilam Province in the Assembly of Experts. He established himself as a conservative thinker with his comments regarding the rule of the supreme leader and statements generally against liberal ideology.
Heidari died in 1986. His body was buried near the shrine of Fātimah bint Mūsā.[3][4][5]