Tehran (IP) - In a message on Friday, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani expressed condolence over the demise of the Iranian prominent cleric Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi.

Iran PressIran news: Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, who has been suffering from a gastrointestinal illness for a long time, passed away at 86 on Friday Jan1, 2021.

Since 1975, he established, directed, and taught in different academic institutes such as the education department in Dar Rah-i Haqq institute, Baqir al-ulum Cultural Foundation, the office for cooperation between the Hawzah and the university. 

He was the director of the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute in Qom. He was elected in 1990 to the Assembly of Experts from Khuzistan province and was reelected in the next round from Tehran. He is the author of numerous works on Islamic and comparative philosophy, theology, ethics, and Quranic exegesis.

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