Abolghasem Khazali, Iranian politician, died at 90

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Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi, born on March 21, 1925 and died September 16, 2015.

He was a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi’i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saeed Jalili.

Khazali was the conservative chairman of the Guardian Council, and was the oldest member of the current Assembly of Experts.

Before the Islamic Revolution, he was one of the most strong challengers of the Shah, and was taken to jail several times.

Abolghasem Khazali died at age 90 on September 16, 2015.