Abdolqader Zahedi (1907-2005) was a high-ranking
Sunni
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religious figure and
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern ...
politician. He received a clerical education and was not a war veteran.
He was a member of Iran's
Assembly of Experts
The Assembly of Experts (), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme Leader of Iran. All directly elected members must first be vetted ...
from 1999 to 2005.
He died in
Saqqez
Saqqez (; ; ) is a city in the Central District (Saqqez County), Central District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Etymology
The name Saqqez derives from the Scythian la ...
on December 19, 2005.
References
Iranian Kurdish politicians
1907 births
2005 deaths
Members of the Assembly of Experts
People from Saghez
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