Hossein Vahid Khorasani
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| Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani |
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 Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. |
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| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Other name(s) | Arabic: حسین وحید الخراسانی Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی |
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| Born | January 1, 1921 Nishapur, Iran |
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| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Title | Ayatollah |
| Period in office | 1972 - Present |
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| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | www.vahid-khorasani.ir |
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani (Arabic: حسین وحید الخراسانی Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی, born January 1, 1921) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and moved to Najaf, Iraq in 1960 and studied in seminaries of Grand Ayatollah Khoei until he moved back to Iran in 1972 and currently resides and teaches in the Seminary of Qom, Iran. He is also the father in law of Sadeq Larijani.[1]
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- ^ Khalaji, Mehdi (14 August 2009). Militarization of the Iranian Judiciary, lebanonwire.com ("Sadeq Larijani is the son of Grand Ayatollah Hashem Amoli and the son-in-law of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani, currently one of the most widely followed marjas")
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