Gholamreza Hassani

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Gholamreza Hassani

Gholamreza Hassani ( Persian غلامرضا حسنی, also Gholam Reza Hassani ; * 1927 in Urmia ; † May 21, 2018 ibid) was a Friday preacher with the rank of Hodschatoleslam at the Friday mosque in the northwestern Iranian city ​​of Urmia.

Political function

He was seen as the representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan and as a representative of the radical fundamentalist trend among the Shiite mullahs. His Friday sermons drew numerous, sometimes satirical, criticisms from reform-oriented circles in Iran because of the extremist demands they made.

Positions

In 2001 an English-language newspaper reported on his sermon in which he condemned keeping small dogs as un-Islamic. The New York Times quoted him as saying, "I thank the venerable police officers and judges and everyone else who are working to arrest dog lovers and confiscate short-legged dogs in this city." A few years later, dog owners were raided in as well Tehran . Hassani is also quoted as saying, "Women who disregard the hijab and also their husbands deserve death ... These women and their husbands and their fathers must die."

In 2011, Hassani was awarded the Medal of Bravery by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , which is considered one of the highest official awards. The medal was awarded for Hassani's resistance to the Shah government before the Iranian Revolution in 1979 , for his fight against the Kurdish opposition in the first years of the Islamic Republic and for his participation in the Iraq-Iranian war .

Denunciation of the son

Hassani's support for the Iranian political system after 1979 was so great that in 1983 he informed official bodies about the hiding place of his own son Raschid Hassani , who was a member of the left-wing popular Fedajin , which was massively persecuted by the new head of state Ruhollah Khomeini after the revolution. Raschid Hassani was killed by firing squad with his father's consent. Hassani later explained this to an American journalist by saying that "Abraham did not sacrifice his son, but I did". Hassani said he did not regret his behavior.

Private

According to data from 2000, Hassani had five sons and seven daughters with two wives. A daughter who fell out with her father over the execution of her brother committed suicide .

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ Death report. In: Euronews. Retrieved November 2, 2019 (Persian).
  2. ↑ a b adnkronos.com, December 19, 2009: Iran: Top cleric says women without veils must die
  3. ↑ a b newspaper The New York Times , John F. Burn, January 1st, 2000: Praying for a Century That Is Not the American One
  4. ↑ a b c d insideofiran.org, April 5, 2011: Qarna Massacre Mullah Awarded with 'Medal of Bravery' in Iran ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.insideofiran.org
  5. ↑ The New York Times , Neil MacFarquhar, August 24, 2001 Tehran Journal; Dog Lovers of Iran, Beware Growling Ayatollahs
  6. ↑ referl.org, September 14, 2007: Iran: Tehran Officials Begin Crackdown On Pet Dogs
personal data
SURNAME Hassani, Gholamreza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hassani, Gholam Reza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian Friday preacher with the rank of Hodschatoleslam
DATE OF BIRTH 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Urmia
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2018
Place of death Urmia