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Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani was born on 6 August, 1931 in Kan District, Tehran, Imperial State of Persia, is an Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2014). Discover Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?
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Kan District, Tehran, Imperial State of Persia |
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21 October, 2014 |
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Tehran, Iran |
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Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani's Wife?
His wife is Nesa Khaton Sorkhei (1960–2014, his death)
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Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani worth at the age of 83 years old? Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Iran. We have estimated Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (, 6 August 1931 – 21 October 2014) was an Iranian Shia cleric, writer and conservative and principlist politician who was Prime Minister of Iran from 2 September until 29 October 1981.
He was the leader of Combatant Clergy Association and Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and also founder and president of Imam Sadiq University.
Mahdavi Kani was born on 6 August 1931 in the village of Kan, near Tehran.
His father was an Ayatollah and taught in the Mofid School.
After he finished basic education in Kan, he studied at Borhan High School in Tehran.
He left for Qom in 1947 to study at a religious seminary.
His teachers included Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Boroujerdi and Allameh Sayyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei.
He came back to Tehran in 1961 to teach religious sciences.
In that time, most of clerics participated in protests against Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi.
He also was imprisoned by Shah three times.
After the demise of Ayatollah Boroujerdi, Mahdavi Kani went back to Tehran and continued his struggle against the Pahlavi regime, something which he had started since he was 18, during the time of Ayatollah Boroujerdi.
He was considerably active and effective in his participation in the Islamic movement of Iran led by Khomeini.
Before the Islamic Revolution, he was appointed by Khomeini to the Revolutionary Council and later took up various political and religious positions.
He was the leader of the Combatant Clergy Association, which he cofounded in 1977.
Mahdavi Kani refused to join Islamic Republican Party in 1979, because he believed clerics should remain non-partisan.
He was appointed chief of the Central Provisional Komiteh for the Islamic Revolution that was a body in charge of trials and executions of the civil and military officials of the Pahlavi era.
He served as the minister of interior in the cabinet of Mohammad-Ali Rajai to succeeding Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
He became the interim prime minister on 2 September 1981 and was in office until 29 October 1981.
He was also chairman of provisional presidential council, after the assassination of president Mohammad Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar.
He has also been a member of the Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to review and amend the Constitution of Iran in 1989.
He was also elected as member of the assembly in 2008 in a by-election from Tehran.
Mahdavi Kani is the founder and former head of Imam Sadiq University in Tehran, a university specializing in humanities.
He was elected as chairman of the Assembly of Experts on 8 March 2011 after Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani resigned from office.
In March 2013, he was reelected to the post for further two years.
On 4 June 2014, Mahdavi Kani was hospitalized in Bahman Hospital and went into a coma after suffering a heart attack.
He died on 21 October 2014.
Mahdavi Kani was hospitalized for a stroke on Ruhollah Khomeini's death anniversary, which brought him to coma on 4 June 2014.
He was in coma for more than five months and died on 21 October 2014 at the age of 83.
Mahdavi Kani was survived by his three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Hours after Mahdavi Kani's death, his office announced that his state funeral will be held on 23 October and his body will be buried at Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also announced two days of mourning in his memorial.
The following works of Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani are published: