Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani (2009)

Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani (Persian: محمد محمدی گیلانی) (31 August 1928[1] – 9 July 2014) was a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the chief justice of the supreme court of Iran,[2] a position different from the head of the judiciary.

Gilani was a judge of Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court for 1980–85. Later, he was a member of the Guardian Council between 1986 and 1992.[3]

Gilani is also known for having signed the death warrants of Baha'i leaders in the years following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. [4]

References & notes

  1. ↑ Biography of Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani citytomb.com
  2. ↑ A. Savyon, Conservatives and Reformists Debate Public Flogging, MEMRI, Iran: Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 80, 7 December 2001
  3. ↑ "Ayatollah Mohammadi Gilani passes away - Tehran Times". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  4. ↑ ""Others" In Their Own Land". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-09-30.


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