Grand Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
- Assumed office 30 September 2009 (appointed by Khamenei)
- Chief Justice of Iran (30 June 1999 – 30 June 2009)
- Member of the Assembly of Experts and Member of the Expediency Council (1998)
- Member of the Guardian Council (1996)
- Founded the Institute for Islamic Jurisprudential Encyclopedia (1990)
- Returned to Qom Seminary as an instructor (1984)
- Leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (1981)
- Returned to Iran and worked as an instructor at Qom Seminary (1979)
- Reached the degree of Ijtihad (power to issue religious decrees) at the approval of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Sadr (1978)
- Arrested by Iraqi regime and held in custody for two months (1974)
- Underwent religious studies in Najaf (1960)
- Primary education in Alavi School in Najaf (school for Iranians residing in Najaf (1945)
- Born 1948 (Najaf, Iraq)
Written Works
Hokumat-e Eslami (Islamic Government)
Jahanbini Eslami (Islamic Worldview)
Various articles on jurisprudence subjects
Khoms (Islamic levy on certain things)
Various intellectual articles
In The News
17/04/2011 –
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