Jusuf Sanei

Jusuf Sanei

Jusuf Sanei (also Yusof or Yussef , Persian یوسف صانعی, DMG Yūsof Ṣāneʿi , * 1937 in Isfahan ) is an Iranian Grand Ayatollah , politician and was chairman of the influential Iranian Guardian Council until 1983 .

Life

Jusuf Sanei was born in Isfahan in 1937. He received his training as a clergyman in Qom . He studied under the guidance of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Borudscherdi and was one of the best students in his class.

After the Islamic Revolution , Sanei was chairman of the Guardian Council from 1980 to 1983 . His successor was Ahmad Dschannati .

After he resigned from the Guardian Council, Sanei no longer held any public office. Rather, he developed into a critic of the regime. Sanei was friends with Hossein Ali Montazeri , who died on December 19, 2009 , and is considered his possible successor as the spiritual leader of the opposition.

One day after Grand Ayatollah Montaseri was buried on December 22, 2009, the house and office of members of the Basij-e Mostaz'afin were attacked. Window panes were broken and Saneis employees were beaten. According to the Fars news agency, students loyal to the government organized a protest march against critics of the regime, which was aimed in front of the house of Sanei.

Political statements

In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle , Sanei said:

“... There is complete agreement on the question of nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Islam forbids the possession of nuclear weapons. This is an eternal law as the effect of these weapons is to kill innocent people. The use of a nuclear weapon can never be reversed. "

After the Iranian presidential elections in 2009 , rumors emerged that Sanei was working on a fatwa that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not the legally elected President of Iran and that cooperation with him was forbidden.

literature

• Hamid Mavani: Paradigm Shift in Twelver Shi'i Legal Theory (uṣūl al ‐ fiqh): Ayatullah Yusef Saanei in Muslim World 99/2 (2009), 335–355.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iran militiamen attack offices of pro-reform cleric: website
2. ↑ Iran Militia Attack Pro - Reform Cleric Home - Website
3. ↑ Article by SF Gate
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/an-ayatollah-dissents.html
6. ↑ http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2153