Native Name: | Persian: عباسعلی سلیمانی |
Abbas-Ali Soleimani | |
Order1: | Representative of the Supreme Leader in Sistan and Baluchestan province and Friday Prayer Imam of Zahedan |
Appointer1: | Ali Khamenei |
Term Start1: | 2001 |
Term End1: | 2018 |
Successor1: | Mostafa Mahami |
Order2: | Member of Assembly of experts in 4th and 5th terms from Sistan and Baluchestan province (majority vote) |
Term Start2: | 2006 |
Term End2: | 2023 |
Order3: | Representative of the Supreme Leader in Kashan and Friday Prayer Imam of Kashan |
Appointer3: | Ali Khamenei |
Term Start3: | 2020 |
Term End3: | 2022 |
Predecessor3: | Abdul-Nabi Namazi |
Successor3: | Saeed Hosseini |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1947 |
Birth Place: | Savadkuh, Mazandaran, Iran |
Death Place: | Babolsar, Mazandaran, Iran |
Death Cause: | Assassination by firearm |
Alma Mater: | Qom Hawza |
Abbas-Ali Soleimani (Persian: عباسعلی سلیمانی; 25 May 1947 – 26 April 2023) was an Iranian Shia cleric (ayatollah)[1] [2] [3] and member of the Assembly of Experts.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Soleimani was born into a religious family in Savadkuh, Mazandaran, on 25 May 1947.[8] He went to Kuttab at the age of 5. From age 12, he studied at a Hawzah in Qom and later in Behshahr. He continued his religious education in Mashhad.[9]
Soleimani was appointed representative of Vali-e-Faqih and Imam of Friday Prayer in the city of Kashan. Later he was member of the Assembly of Experts.
Soleimani was shot and killed on 26 April 2023 in Mazandaran province. He was 75. The suspect was arrested by the Security Police for Soleimani's murder and later executed.[10] [11]