Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi

Seyed Abolfazl Rihani, known as Ayatollah Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi (Persian: سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی 1935 – 14 April 2003[1]). He was a member of the Assembly of Experts, was involved with the creation of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran being a member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution, and was the Prosecutor-General of Iran.[2][3]

Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi
سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی
Ayatollah Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi's portrait for the Assembly of Experts for Constitution in 1979.
TitleAyatollah
Personal
Born1935
Tabriz
Died14 April 2003(2003-04-14) (aged 67–68)
Tabriz
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Alma materQom Hawza
TeachersMohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Ruhollah Khomeini
Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
19 August 1979 – 19 November 1979
ConstituencyEast Azerbaijan Province
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly First and Second Term
In office
28 May 1980 – 27 May 1988
ConstituencyTabriz
Member of Assembly of Experts
In office
10 December 1982 – 14 April 2003
Preceded byOffice Began
Succeeded byMohammad Feyz Sarabi
ConstituencyEast Azerbaijan Province
Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office
1991–1994
Appointed byMohammad Yazdi
Preceded byMohammad Reyshahri
Succeeded byMorteza Moghtadai

Birth and education
Ayatollah Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi alongside Grand Ayatollah Shariatmadari and Grand Ayatollah Khomeini before his exile in the 1960s.

Abolfazl Mousavi was born in the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan to a religious family. His father's family were a religious clerical family in Tabriz and as a result of this, at the age of 13 Abolfazl Mousavi began his Islamic studies at the Hasaneh Padshah School in Tabriz. After exceeding in his studies, he went to Qom to begin his studies in the Hawza. At the age of 27, he began his studies in Dars-e-Kharej (lit. 'beyond the text'), and Principles of Islamic jurisprudence taught by Ruhollah Khomeini. After these studies, he attended classes of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari.[4]

Political life

Before the Iranian Revolution Abolfazl Mousavi was involved with spreading the tapes of Khomeini and getting the people to back him in Tabriz during his exile. In the mosque Seyyed Hamzeh Mosque in Tabriz, he called on people to follow the path of Khomeini, this led to him being arrested by SAVAK. After his release, he fled to Qom, where he became a member of the Society of Teachers of the Seminary of Qom and, along with other members of this group, issued statements against the Pahlavi regime.[4]

After the Revolution, Abolfazl Mousavi was very close to Grand Ayatollah Shariatmadari, however due to the infamous clash between him and Khomeini, Tabrizi distanced himself from Shariatmadari.[4] He was a member of the Assembly of Experts for three terms, he represented Tabriz in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, was involved with the creation of the Constitution, was a member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution, and was also the Attorney General of Iran.[5]

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References
  1. "وفات آیةالله سيد ابوالفضل موسوي تبريزي (1382 ش)-26 فروردین". portal.anhar.ir. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  2. "مرکز پژوهشها - سیدابوالفضل سیدریحانی(موسوی تبریزی)". rc.majlis.ir. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. اسلامی, مرکز اسناد انقلاب (2020-04-12). "تصاویری از آیت‌الله سیدابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم - زندگینامه حضرت آیت الله سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی (ره)". www.jameehmodarresin.org (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  5. "دبیرخانه مجلس خبرگان رهبری : نمایش اعضا". khobregan.ir. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
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