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.

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