Career
In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran"s Assembly of Experts, defeating Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, by a vote count of 47 to 24. He served as the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran.
politician theologian Akhoond grand ayatollah
In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran"s Assembly of Experts, defeating Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, by a vote count of 47 to 24. He served as the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran.
Yazdi is a member of the Assembly of Experts and the Guardian Council. In 2009, Abbas Palizdar, a member of the Iranian Parliament"s judicial inquiry and review committee, accused Yazdi of corruption and money laundering.
