Education
Grand Ayatollah Zanjani studied in Zanjan and Qom and was promoted to Ijtihad.
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He authored more than 10 books and is currently teaching Philosophy and Hekmat at Qom seminaries. Before the 1979 Iranian revolution, Zanjani was a pro-democracy activist. In 1972 he was arrested and spent a year in prison.
After the revolution, he was involved in the launching of the Islamic Republican Party.
He was elected three times to Iranian parliament where he represented the city of Zanjan. Grand Ayatollah Zanjani was among the influential clerics who supported ex-prime minister Mousavi and questioned the legitimacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad"s presidency.
Membership
Zanjani was also a member of the committee to reassess the Iranian constitution.
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Political Party
Association of Combatant Clerics