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Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Dies at 70

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the head of Iran's Expediency Council and former Judiciary Chief, has passed away at the age of 70.

Shahroudi died at 22:03 in Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbia hospital on Monday, December 24, 2018.

He is going to be buried at the holy shrine of Hazrat Massoumeh in Qom.

Known as a candidate for the position of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Shahroudi was a very prominent figure in Iran’s politics.

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