Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi (Persian: ابولقاسم خزعلی بروجردی born 21 March 1925) is a hardline Iranian politician fundamentalist Shi’i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saeed Jalili. He was the conservative chairman of the Guardian Council and is currently the oldest member of the Assembly of Experts. Before the Islamic Revolution he was one of the most strong challengers of the Shah and was taken to jail several times.
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active years end date
1988-08-29
active years start date
1983-08-29
birth date
1925-03-21
birth place
Iran, Borujerd
child
Mehdi Khazali, Alireza_Khazali, Ensieh_Khazali, Samir_Zand
order in office
Chairman of the Guardian Council, Member of Assembly of Experts
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