# Abbas Vaez-Tabasi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Abbas_Vaez-Tabasi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Abbas_Vaez-Tabasi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Vaez-Tabasi > Source revision: 1346483715 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Iranian Ayatollah (1935-2016)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Abbas Vaez-Tabasi | image = Abbas Vaez-Tabasi.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Tabas](/source/Tabas), [Imperial State of Iran](/source/Pahlavi_Iran) | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|4|1935|6|25|df=yes}} | death_place = [Mashhad](/source/Mashhad), [Iran](/source/Iran) | office = Custodian of the [Astan Quds Razavi](/source/Astan_Quds_Razavi) | term_start = 14 February 1979 | term_end = 4 March 2016 | appointer = [Ruhollah Khomeini](/source/Ruhollah_Khomeini) | predecessor = Mohammad-Sadegh Amir-Azizi | successor = [Ebrahim Raisi](/source/Ebrahim_Raisi) | office1 = [Member of the Assembly of Experts](/source/Assembly_of_Experts) | term_start1 = 19 February 2007 | term_end1 = 4 March 2016 | majority1 = | constituency1 = [Razavi Khorasan Province](/source/Razavi_Khorasan_Province) | term_start2 = 15 August 1983 | term_end2 = 19 February 2007 | majority2 = | constituency2 = [Khorasan Province](/source/Khorasan_Province) | party = [Islamic Republican Party](/source/Islamic_Republican_Party) (1979–1987) }} '''Abbas Vaez Tabasi''' ({{langx|fa|عباس واعظ طبسی}}; 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an influential Iranian cleric who held memberships at different institutions. He was Grand Imam and Chairman of the [Astan Quds Razavi](/source/Astan_Quds_Razavi) board from 1979 until his death in 2016. ==Early life== Vaez Tabasi hailed from a family of [Mashhadi](/source/Mashhadi) origin.{{cite web|last=Bar |first=Shmuel |title=Iranian Defense Doctrine and Decision Making |url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_uploads/2615iraniandefense1.pdf |work=Institute for Policy and Strategy |accessdate=29 July 2013 |year=2004 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402141606/http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2615IranianDefense1.pdf |archivedate=2 April 2012 }} He was born on 25 June 1935. He began his education when he was only 12 years old in various seminaries.{{Cite web|url=http://en.abna24.com/service/iran/archive/2016/03/04/738737/story.html|title = Major Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi Passes Away|date = 4 March 2016}} ==Career== Vaez Tabasi was a member of [Islamic Republican Party](/source/Islamic_Republican_Party)'s central council,{{cite thesis |last=Mohammadighalehtaki|first=Ariabarzan|date=2012|title=Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat)|type=Ph.D. thesis|publisher=[Durham University](/source/Durham_University)|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3507/|page=160}} the [Expediency Discernment Council](/source/Expediency_Discernment_Council) and the [Assembly of Experts](/source/Assembly_of_Experts) of the [Islamic Republic of Iran](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran). He was also the head of the [Astan Quds Razavi](/source/Astan_Quds_Razavi). In [2006](/source/2006_Iranian_Assembly_of_Experts_election), he was elected to the [Assembly of Experts](/source/Assembly_of_Experts)[https://archive.today/20070721041909/http://www.todaylink.ir/go/?id=3103 Suspended] to the surprise of some observers.[http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 Sharifnews.com:: نتایج انتخابات خبرگان در ۲۵ استان] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222242/http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 |date=September 27, 2007 }} However, he retired after declining to run in [2016 election](/source/2016_Iranian_legislative_election). In May, 2008, Abbas Palizad made declarations at Shiraz Law University, and a few other institutes, alleging that Tabasi, alongside numerous other politicians, had been implicated in money laundering, illicit trade operations, and the establishment of an illicit underground network. ==Personal life== Vaez Tabasi's daughter married [Supreme Leader](/source/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran) [Khamenei](/source/Ali_Khamenei)'s son, Sayyid Hassan. ==Illness and death== On 2 November 2015, it was announced that he was suffering from cancer. On 27 February 2016, he was hospitalized due to respiratory complications. After a few days of hospitalization, Vaez died on 4 March. He died at the age of 80. Following his death, three days mourning was declared in [Khorasan province](/source/Khorasan_province).{{cn|date=June 2021}} His funeral was held on the following day with Ali Khamenei and other officials like President [Hassan Rouhani](/source/Hassan_Rouhani) attending the ceremony. He was buried at the [Imam Reza shrine](/source/Imam_Reza_shrine). Following his death, all traces of his wealth vanished, leaving his family unable to assert any rights to his estate. == Revolutionary activities == Vaez Tabasi, Ali Khamenei and Syed Abdul Karim Hashemi Nejad were the core of clerics in Mashhad revolutionary activities revolving around the Holy shrine of [Imam Reza](/source/Imam_Reza) they managed. He was heavily influenced by the [Navvab Safavi](/source/Navvab_Safavi) during the years 1952 to 1955 in his speeches against the [Pahlavi](/source/Pahlavi_dynasty) regime takeoff and the speech was prohibited again in 1955 and continued until the fall of the Pahlavi regime. Abbas Vaez Tabasi was first arrested in 1952 and was in [SAVAK](/source/SAVAK) prison. Abbas Vaez Tabasi first in the year 1955 [Mohammad-Javad Bahonar](/source/Mohammad-Javad_Bahonar) in [Rafsanjan](/source/Rafsanjan) was invited to give a speech at a ceremony to be met. Bahonar was speaking before a meeting with issues raised in speeches which were over. After the speech, he was banned from speech.{{cite book|last1=al-monitor|title=Iran names head of country's wealthiest foundation|date=6 March 2016 |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/tabasi-endowment-imam-reza-astan-quds-razavi.html}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Iran|Biography|Politics}} {{Commons category|Abbas Vaez Tabasi}} {{s-start}} {{s-npo}} {{s-bef|before=Mohammad-Sadegh Amir-Azizi}} {{s-ttl|title=Custodian of [Astan Quds Razavi](/source/Astan_Quds_Razavi)|years=1979–2016}} {{s-aft|after=[Ebrahim Raisi](/source/Ebrahim_Raisi)}} {{s-off}} {{s-new|reason=Office created|rows=3}} {{s-ttl|title=Representative of the Supreme Leader in [Khorasan Province](/source/Khorasan_Province)|years=1979–2016|rows=3}} {{s-aft|after=[Ahmad Alamolhoda](/source/Ahmad_Alamolhoda)|as=Representative of [Razavi Khorasan Province](/source/Razavi_Khorasan_Province)}} {{s-aft|after=Alireza Ebadi|as=Representative of [South Khorasan Province](/source/South_Khorasan_Province)}} {{s-aft|after=Abolghasem Yaghoubi|as=Representative of [North Khorasan Province](/source/North_Khorasan_Province)}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaez-Tabasi, Abbas}} Category:1935 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Iranian ayatollahs Category:Iranian businesspeople Category:Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Category:Members of the Assembly of Experts Category:Representatives of the supreme leader in the provinces of Iran Category:Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Category:Burials at Imam Reza Shrine {{Iran-business-bio-stub}} {{Iran-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Abbas Vaez-Tabasi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Vaez-Tabasi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Vaez-Tabasi?action=history)). 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