Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani Passes Away
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani passed away at age 103 on Tuesday.
The senior Iranian cleric died after cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning.
Born in February 1919 in Iran’s central city of Golpaygan, Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani became a Grand Ayatollah and a Marji' (source to follow or religious reference), a title given to the highest level of Shiite authorities.
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, he was elected to the Assembly of Experts and was a member of the Constitutional Council.
The late cleric has written scores of religious books in Persian and Arabic, some of which have won annual national book awards.