Top Iranian cleric ‘Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi’, Head of Imam Khomeini (RA) Educational and Research Institute and Member of Assembly of Experts passed away at the age of 86 on Friday evening.


Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi was also the former chairman of the Supreme Council of Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly and one of the lecturers of Qom Seminary.

Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, who had been hospitalized in one of Tehran’s hospitals a few days ago due to the exacerbation of the disease, passed away on Friday evening.