Mohammad Yazdii

Not to be confused with Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi or Mirza Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi.

Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdii
Chief Justice of Iran
In office 30 June 1989 – 30 June 1999
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Shahroudi
Personal details
Born	1932 Yazd, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Combatant Clergy Association
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam

Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdii (In Persian: محمد یزدی) is an Iranian cleric who served as the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999, following Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili and succeeded by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

Ayatollah Yazdi is now a member of the Guardian Council. He has served as the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran. During the Iranian elections in December 2006 Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi was a candidate for the list of Jame Modarresin and Jame Rohaniyat (the conservative list, rival to Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi^[1]).

In 2009, Abbas Palizdar, a member of the Iranian Parliament's Judicial Inquiry and Review Committee, accused Mohammad Yazdi of corruption and money laundering.^[2][3][4]

Legal offices
Preceded by Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili	Head of judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran 1989-1999	Succeeded by Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

References

1. ^ http://regimechangeiniran.com/2006/07/rightwing-khobregan-candidates/
2. ^ After Khomeini: Iran under his successors By Saïd Amir Arjomand, page 62
3. ^ http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42797
4. ^ http://www.cfr.org/publication/16598/fight_between_irans_neoconservatives_and_conservatives.html

External links

• Yazdi's opinion on the position of faqih in Islamic state (in Persian)

Persondata
Name	Yazdi, Mohammad
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Date of birth	1932
Place of birth	Yazd, Iran
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