Abbas Vaez-Tabasi

Abbas Vaez-Tabasi

Infobox Person
name= Abbas Vaez Tabasi


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birth_date= 1935
birth_place= Tabas, Iran
occupation= politician
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Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi (PerB| آيت الله عباس واعظ طبسی ) is an influential member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Furthermore, Vaez-Tabasi is the head of the Imam Reza Shrine Foundation which runs "auto plants, agricultural businesses, and many other enterprises, and it is worth an estimated $15 billion." [ [http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3020596.html Iran: Order Out of Chaos] ] This gives him the nickname of "Sultan of Khorasan" [ [http://www.ashena.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=326 Payam e Ashena - دست طبیعت یا دست خودمان؟ کدامیک بلا آفرین تر و ستمکارترند؟ ] ] , and his son Naser the "Heir to the throne of Khorasan" in Iran. [ [http://www.peiknet.com/page0/12es/p374reza.htm pyknet - اخبار ] ]

He was elected to the Assembly of Experts in the 2006 Assembly of Experts elections. [ [http://www.todaylink.ir/go/?id=3103 Suspended ] ] he somehow managed to get elected. [ [http://sharifnews.com/print.php?21781 Sharifnews.com:: نتایج انتخابات خبرگان در ۲۵ استان ] ]

References and notes

External links

* [http://www.vaeztabasi.com/ Official Website]
*fa icon [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/030312_a-almakaseb.shtml BBC article about Naser Vaez-Tabasi]


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