Iran Press/Iran news: Several Iranian officials and politicians attended the ceremony on Saturday which was held in Arg Mosque in Tehran to commemorate the late Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, who passed away at the age of 70 after a long battle with illness, Iran Press reported.
Ayatollah Shahroudi was born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1948 and had served as a member of the Guardian Council since 1994. He was also a former judiciary chief, and a member of Experts Council. As of 2017, he was also the chairman of the Expediency Council.
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