Taqi Yazdi

Taqi Yazdi
Taqi Yazdi
تقی یزدی
	Yazdi in 2020
Member of the Assembly of Experts
	In office; 23 February 1999 – 23 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran Province
	In office; 21 February 1991 – 22 February 1999
Constituency	Khuzestan Province
Personal details
Born	Taqi Givechi; 31 January 1935; Yazd, Imperial State of Persia
Died	1 January 2021 (aged 85); Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Fatima Masumeh Shrine
Political party	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (spiritual leader)
Other political; affiliations	Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Relatives	Hossein Noori Hamedani (affinal)
Occupation	Political activist
Years active	1963–1964; 1989–2021
Membership	Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution; Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly
Signature
Website	Official website
	Theological work
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Jaʿfari Twelver Shīʿā
Era	Contemporary Islamic philosophy
Main interests	Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, Jihad
Notable ideas	Incompatibility of Islam and democracy
Years active	1947–1960 (study); 1966–2021 (teaching)
Alma mater	Qom Seminary; Hindi School, Najaf (1950); Shāfīʿiya School, Yazd (1940s); Khān School, Yazd (1940s)
Taught at	Qom Seminary; Haghani Seminary; Feyziyeh Seminary
Institution	Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute (1991–2021); In the Path of God Institute (1976–2021)
	Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi; Ruhollah Khomeini; Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani; Mohammad Ali Araki; Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i; Ahmad Fardid;
	Gary Legenhausen; Gholam-Hossein Elham; Hamid Rasaee; Jawad Naqvi; Kazem Seddiqi; Morteza Agha-Tehrani; Parviz Davoudi; Sambi;

Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi Giwachi (Persian: محمدتقی مصباح یزدی گیوه‌چی, romanized: Muḥammad Taqī Miṣbāḥ Yazdī Gīwachī; 31 January 1935 – 1 January 2021) was an Iranian Shia scholar, political theorist and philosopher who served as the spiritual leader of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.

He was a member of the Assembly of Experts,^[7]^[8] the body responsible for choosing the Supreme Leader, where he headed a minority faction.^[9] He had been called 'the most conservative' and the most 'powerful' clerical oligarch in Iran's leading center of religious learning, the city of Qom.^[10] Many of his students have gone on to "occupy sensitive administrative and security posts" in the Islamic Republic, serving as "guardians" of (his version of) Islamic government.^[10]

From 1952 to 1960, in the holy city of Qom, he participated in the courses taught by Ruhollah Khomeini and Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i; and, for approximately fifteen years, he was a student of Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani.^[11]

Mesbah Yazdi advocated Islamic philosophy and in particular Mulla Sadra's transcendent school of philosophy (Hikmat-e Muta`aliya). He believed that Iranians were moving away from religion and the values of Islamic revolution; and opposed western-style freedom and democratic governance,^[12] promoted by the Iranian reform movement.^[13]^[14]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nikpour, Abbas (March 2002) [Esfand 1380–Farvardin 1381], "Ayatollah Mesbah, From Margins to the Middle of the Text", Gozaresh (in Persian), no. 132–133, pp. 47–52, ISSN 1021-450X
^ Bozorgmehr, Najmeh (23 February 2012). "Hardline group emerges as Iran poll threat". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
^ "Iran: Qom divided over presidential candidates". Asharq Al-Awsat. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
^ Rahnema, Ali (2011). Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad. Cambridge University Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 9781139495622.
^ Ashraf, Ahmad (5 April 2012) [15 December 2007]. "ISLAM IN IRAN xiii. ISLAMIC POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN 20TH CENTURY IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. 2. Vol. XIV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 157–172. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Muhammad Sahimi (29 September 2010). "Hojjatiyeh, Mesbahiyeh, and Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau.
^ 16 نماينده استان تهران در مجلس خبرگان مشخص شدند Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Freeman, Colin; Biouki, Kay (19 November 2006). "Ayatollah aims to be Iran's next spiritual leader". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 22 November 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
^ Cite error: The named reference Beaumont was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Nasr, Vali The Shia Revival, Norton, (2006), p. 216
^ "Biography". mesbahyazdi.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ Javedanfar, Meir (6 May 2009). "Ahmadinejad's messianic connections". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
^ Cite error: The named reference bayat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Afshin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Gozaresh-1] Nikpour, Abbas (March 2002) [Esfand 1380–Farvardin 1381], "Ayatollah Mesbah, From Margins to the Middle of the Text", Gozaresh (in Persian), no. 132–133, pp. 47–52, ISSN 1021-450X

[2] Bozorgmehr, Najmeh (23 February 2012). "Hardline group emerges as Iran poll threat". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[3] "Iran: Qom divided over presidential candidates". Asharq Al-Awsat. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[4] Rahnema, Ali (2011). Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad. Cambridge University Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 9781139495622.

[5] Ashraf, Ahmad (5 April 2012) [15 December 2007]. "ISLAM IN IRAN xiii. ISLAMIC POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN 20TH CENTURY IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. 2. Vol. XIV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 157–172. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[Tehran_Bureau-6] Muhammad Sahimi (29 September 2010). "Hojjatiyeh, Mesbahiyeh, and Ahmadinejad". Tehran Bureau.

[7] 16 نماينده استان تهران در مجلس خبرگان مشخص شدند Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[bomb-8] Freeman, Colin; Biouki, Kay (19 November 2006). "Ayatollah aims to be Iran's next spiritual leader". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 22 November 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2008.

[Beaumont-9] Cite error: The named reference Beaumont was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[nasr.p216-10] Nasr, Vali The Shia Revival, Norton, (2006), p. 216

[11] "Biography". mesbahyazdi.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[Javedanfar-12] Javedanfar, Meir (6 May 2009). "Ahmadinejad's messianic connections". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 May 2010.

[bayat-13] Cite error: The named reference bayat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Afshin-14] Cite error: The named reference Afshin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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