Abbas Vaez-Tabasi

**Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi**
Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
Title	Ayatollah
Personal
Born	June 25, 1935; Tabas, Iran
Died	March 4, 2016 (aged 80); Mashhad, Iran
Religion	Shia Islam
Nationality	Iranian
Spouse	Zahra Tabasi (1959–2016, his death)
Children	Naser (b. 1960); Mostafa (b. 1962); Maedeh (b. 1964)
Era	Modern era
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Kalam and philosophy
Senior posting
	Influenced by Ruhollah Khomeini, Ali Khamenei;

Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi (Template:Lang-fa, 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an influential Iranian cleric who held memberships at different institutions. He was Grand Imam and Chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi board from 1979 until his death in 2016.

Early life

Vaez Tabasi hails from a family of Mashhadi origin.^[1] He was born in 1935.He began his education when he was only 12 years old in various seminaries.^[2]

Career

Vaez Tabasi was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was also the head of the Astan Quds Razavi.

In 2006 he was elected to the Assembly of Experts^[3] to the surprise of some observers.^[4] However, he retired after declining to run in 2016 election.

Personal life

Vaez Tabasi's daughter married Supreme Leader Khamenei's son, Sayyid Hassan.^[1]

Illness and death

On 2 November 2015, It was announced that he is suffering from cancer. On 27 February 2016, he was hospitalized due to respiratory complications. After a few days of hospitalization, Ayatollah Vaez died on 4 March.^[2] He died at the age of 80. Following his death, three days mourning was declared in Khorasan province.^[5] His funeral was held on the following day which Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials like President Hassan Rouhani attending the ceremony. He was buried at the Imam Reza shrine.