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{{Short description|Iranian Ayatollah (1935-2016)}}
{{Infobox Muslim scholar
{{Infobox officeholder
|era = [[Modern era]]
| name = Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
| name = Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
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|image= Abbas Vaez-Tabasi.jpg
| honorific_prefix= [[Ayatollah]]
|image=Abbas Vaez-Tabasi - oepning of Dar ul Marhama portico - Holy shrine of Imam Reza - Mashhad (cropped).jpg
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1935|6|25|df=Y}}
|birth_date= {{birth date|1935|6|25|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Tabas]], Iran
|birth_place= [[Tabas]], [[Iran]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|4|1935|6|25|df=Y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|4|1935|6|25|df=yes}}
|death_place=[[Mashhad]], Iran
|death_place=[[Mashhad]], Iran
|nationality=Iranian
|nationality=Iranian
| office = Custodian of the [[Astan Quds Razavi]]
|main_interests = [[Fiqh]], [[Kalam]] and [[philosophy]]
| term_start = 14 February 1979
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|influences = [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], [[Ali Khamenei]]
| term_end = 4 March 2016
|creed=[[Shia Islam]]
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| appointer = [[Ruhollah Khomeini]]
|module={{Infobox person|child=yes
| predecessor = Mohammad-Sadegh Amir-Azizi
|spouse=Zahra Tabasi (1959–2016, his death)
| successor = [[Ebrahim Raisi]]
|children= {{ubl | Naser (b. 1960) | Mostafa (b. 1962) | Maedeh (b. 1964) }}
| office1= [[Assembly of Experts|Member of the Assembly of Experts]]
|known_for= [[Muslim]] [[scholar]] }}
| term_start1 = 19 February 2007
| term_end1 = 4 March 2016
| majority1 =
| constituency1 = [[Razavi Khorasan Province]]
| term_start2 = 15 August 1983
| term_end2 = 19 February 2007
| majority2 =
| constituency2 = [[Khorasan Province]]
|party = [[Islamic Republican Party]] (1979–1987)
}}
}}
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'''Abbas Vaez Tabasi''' ({{lang-fa|عباس واعظ طبسی}}; 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an influential Iranian cleric who held memberships at different institutions. He was Grand Imam and Chairman of the [[Astan Quds Razavi]] board from 1979 until his death in 2016.

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[[Ayatollah]] '''Abbas Vaez Tabasi''' ({{lang-fa| آيت الله عباس واعظ طبسی}}) ( 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an influential Iranian cleric who held memberships at different institutions. He was Grand Imam and Chairman of the [[Astan Quds Razavi]] board from 1979 until his death in 2016.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Vaez Tabasi hails from a family of [[Mashhadi]] origin.<ref name=bar>{{cite web|last=Bar|first=Shmuel|title=Iranian Defense Doctrine and Decision Making|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_uploads/2615iraniandefense1.pdf|work=Institute for Policy and Strategy|accessdate=29 July 2013|year=2004}}</ref> He was born in 1935.He began his education when he was only 12 years old in various seminaries.<ref name="en.abna24.com">http://en.abna24.com/service/iran/archive/2016/03/04/738737/story.html</ref>
Vaez Tabasi hailed from a family of [[Mashhadi]] origin.<ref name=bar>{{cite web|last=Bar |first=Shmuel |title=Iranian Defense Doctrine and Decision Making |url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_uploads/2615iraniandefense1.pdf |work=Institute for Policy and Strategy |accessdate=29 July 2013 |year=2004 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402141606/http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2615IranianDefense1.pdf |archivedate=2 April 2012 }}</ref> He was born on 25 June 1935. He began his education when he was only 12 years old in various seminaries.<ref name="en.abna24.com">{{Cite web|url=http://en.abna24.com/service/iran/archive/2016/03/04/738737/story.html|title = Major Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi Passes Away|date = 4 March 2016}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Vaez Tabasi was a member of the [[Expediency Discernment Council]] and the [[Assembly of Experts]] of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]]. He was also the head of the [[Astan Quds Razavi]].
Vaez Tabasi was a member of [[Islamic Republican Party]]'s central council,<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Mohammadighalehtaki|first=Ariabarzan|date=2012|title=Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat)|type=Ph.D. thesis|publisher=[[Durham University]]|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3507/|page=160}}</ref> the [[Expediency Discernment Council]] and the [[Assembly of Experts]] of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]]. He was also the head of the [[Astan Quds Razavi]].


In [[Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006|2006]] he was elected to the [[Assembly of Experts]]<ref>[http://www.todaylink.ir/go/?id=3103 Suspended]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> to the surprise of some observers.<ref>[http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 Sharifnews.com:: نتایج انتخابات خبرگان در ۲۵ استان] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222242/http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> However, he retired after declining to run in [[Iranian legislative election, 2016|2016 election]].
In [[2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election|2006]] he was elected to the [[Assembly of Experts]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20070721041909/http://www.todaylink.ir/go/?id=3103 Suspended]</ref> to the surprise of some observers.<ref>[http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 Sharifnews.com:: نتایج انتخابات خبرگان در ۲۵ استان] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222242/http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> However, he retired after declining to run in [[2016 Iranian legislative election|2016 election]].
In May, 2008, Abbas Palizad made declarations at Shiraz Law University, and a few other institutes, alleging that Tabasi, alongside numerous other politicians, had been implicated in money laundering, illicit trade operations, and the establishment of an illicit underground network.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Illness and death==
==Illness and death==
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On 2 November 2015, it was announced that he was suffering from cancer. On 27 February 2016, he was hospitalized due to respiratory complications. After a few days of hospitalization, Vaez died on 4 March.<ref name="en.abna24.com"/> He died at the age of 80. Following his death, three days mourning was declared in [[Khorasan province]].{{cn|date=June 2021}} His funeral was held on the following day with Ali Khamenei and other officials like President [[Hassan Rouhani]] attending the ceremony. He was buried at the [[Imam Reza shrine]].
[[File:Funeral of Vaez Tabasi (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|250x250px|Funeral of Vaez Tabasi in [[Mashhad]].]]
Following his death, all traces of his wealth vanished, leaving his family unable to assert any rights to his estate.
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On 2 November 2015, it was announced that he was suffering from cancer. On 27 February 2016, he was hospitalized due to respiratory complications. After a few days of hospitalization, Vaez died on 4 March.<ref name="en.abna24.com"/> He died at the age of 80. Following his death, three days mourning was declared in [[Khorasan province]].<ref>http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/04/453724/Iran-Mashhad-Ayatollah-Abbas-Vaez-Tabasi</ref> His funeral was held on the following day which Ali Khamenei and other officials like President [[Hassan Rouhani]] attending the ceremony. He was buried at the [[Imam Reza shrine]].

== Revolutionary activities ==
== Revolutionary activities ==
Vaez Tabassi, Ali Khamenei and Syed Abdul Karim Hashemi Nejad were the core of clerics in Mashhad revolutionary activities revolving around the Holy shrine of [[Imam Reza]] they manage. He was heavily influenced by the [[Navvab Safavi]] during the years 1952 to 1955 in his speeches against the [[Pahlavi dynasty|Pahlavi]] regime takeoff and The speech was prohibited again in 1955 and I continued until the fall of the Pahlavi regime.
Vaez Tabasi, Ali Khamenei and Syed Abdul Karim Hashemi Nejad were the core of clerics in Mashhad revolutionary activities revolving around the Holy shrine of [[Imam Reza]] they managed. He was heavily influenced by the [[Navvab Safavi]] during the years 1952 to 1955 in his speeches against the [[Pahlavi dynasty|Pahlavi]] regime takeoff and the speech was prohibited again in 1955 and continued until the fall of the Pahlavi regime.
Abbas Vaez Tabasi first arrested in 1952 and was [[SAVAK]] prison.
Abbas Vaez Tabasi was first arrested in 1952 and was in [[SAVAK]] prison.
Abbas Vaez Tabassi first in the year 1955 [[Mohammad-Javad Bahonar]] in [[Rafsanjan]] was invited to give a speech at a ceremony to be met. Bahonar was speaking before a meeting with our issues raised in speeches were over. After the speech, he was banned from speech.<ref>{{cite book|last1=al-monitor|title=Iran names head of country’s wealthiest foundation|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/tabasi-endowment-imam-reza-astan-quds-razavi.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=presstv|title=Ayatollah Tabasi passes away in Iranian city of Mashhad|url=http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/04/453724/Iran-Mashhad-Ayatollah-Abbas-Vaez-Tabasi}}</ref>
Abbas Vaez Tabasi first in the year 1955 [[Mohammad-Javad Bahonar]] in [[Rafsanjan]] was invited to give a speech at a ceremony to be met. Bahonar was speaking before a meeting with issues raised in speeches which were over. After the speech, he was banned from speech.<ref>{{cite book|last1=al-monitor|title=Iran names head of country's wealthiest foundation|date=6 March 2016 |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/tabasi-endowment-imam-reza-astan-quds-razavi.html}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/030312_a-almakaseb.shtml BBC article about Naser Vaez-Tabasi] {{fa icon}}
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Latest revision as of 06:21, 26 April 2024

Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
Custodian of the Astan Quds Razavi
In office
14 February 1979 – 4 March 2016
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byMohammad-Sadegh Amir-Azizi
Succeeded byEbrahim Raisi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office
19 February 2007 – 4 March 2016
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
In office
15 August 1983 – 19 February 2007
ConstituencyKhorasan Province
Personal details
Born(1935-06-25)25 June 1935
Tabas, Iran
Died4 March 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 80)
Mashhad, Iran
Political partyIslamic Republican Party (1979–1987)

Abbas Vaez Tabasi (Persian: عباس واعظ طبسی; 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an influential Iranian cleric who held memberships at different institutions. He was Grand Imam and Chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi board from 1979 until his death in 2016.

Early life[edit]

Vaez Tabasi hailed from a family of Mashhadi origin.[1] He was born on 25 June 1935. He began his education when he was only 12 years old in various seminaries.[2]

Career[edit]

Vaez Tabasi was a member of Islamic Republican Party's central council,[3] the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was also the head of the Astan Quds Razavi.

In 2006 he was elected to the Assembly of Experts[4] to the surprise of some observers.[5] However, he retired after declining to run in 2016 election. In May, 2008, Abbas Palizad made declarations at Shiraz Law University, and a few other institutes, alleging that Tabasi, alongside numerous other politicians, had been implicated in money laundering, illicit trade operations, and the establishment of an illicit underground network.

Personal life[edit]

Vaez Tabasi's daughter married Supreme Leader Khamenei's son, Sayyid Hassan.[1]

Illness and death[edit]

On 2 November 2015, it was announced that he was suffering from cancer. On 27 February 2016, he was hospitalized due to respiratory complications. After a few days of hospitalization, Vaez died on 4 March.[2] He died at the age of 80. Following his death, three days mourning was declared in Khorasan province.[citation needed] His funeral was held on the following day with Ali Khamenei and other officials like President Hassan Rouhani attending the ceremony. He was buried at the Imam Reza shrine. Following his death, all traces of his wealth vanished, leaving his family unable to assert any rights to his estate.

Revolutionary activities[edit]

Vaez Tabasi, Ali Khamenei and Syed Abdul Karim Hashemi Nejad were the core of clerics in Mashhad revolutionary activities revolving around the Holy shrine of Imam Reza they managed. He was heavily influenced by the Navvab Safavi during the years 1952 to 1955 in his speeches against the Pahlavi regime takeoff and the speech was prohibited again in 1955 and continued until the fall of the Pahlavi regime. Abbas Vaez Tabasi was first arrested in 1952 and was in SAVAK prison. Abbas Vaez Tabasi first in the year 1955 Mohammad-Javad Bahonar in Rafsanjan was invited to give a speech at a ceremony to be met. Bahonar was speaking before a meeting with issues raised in speeches which were over. After the speech, he was banned from speech.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bar, Shmuel (2004). "Iranian Defense Doctrine and Decision Making" (PDF). Institute for Policy and Strategy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Major Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi Passes Away". 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ Mohammadighalehtaki, Ariabarzan (2012). Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat) (Ph.D. thesis). Durham University. p. 160.
  4. ^ Suspended
  5. ^ Sharifnews.com:: نتایج انتخابات خبرگان در ۲۵ استان Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ al-monitor (6 March 2016). Iran names head of country's wealthiest foundation.

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Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
Mohammad-Sadegh Amir-Azizi
 Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi
1979–2016 		Succeeded by
Political offices
New title
Office created
 Representative of the Supreme Leader in Khorasan Province
1979–2016 		Succeeded byas Representative of Razavi Khorasan Province
Succeeded by
Alireza Ebadi
as Representative of South Khorasan Province
Succeeded by
Abolghasem Yaghoubi
as Representative of North Khorasan Province


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