The time and place of the funeral and burial of late Ayatollah Mojtahed Shabestari (r.a.), a member of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in Tehran and Qom, were announced.
The time and place of the funeral and burial of late Ayatollah Mojtahed Shabestari (r.a.), a member of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in Tehran and Qom, were announced.
His funeral will be held in Tehran on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 14:30 in front of Ayatollah Irvani Seminary, on Valiasr Street, at the intersection of Molavi Street, next to Mahdieh Metro, towards Mahdieh of Tehran.
Also, the funeral and burial ceremony of this revolutionary world will be held on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 10:00 AM in the shrine of Lady Fatemeh Masoumeh (a.s.).
Ayatollah Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, a member of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly and one of the pioneers of jihad and ijtihad, passed away on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at the age of 84. He was one of the students of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) and an activist of the Islamic Movement who, after the victory of the Revolution, held responsibilities such as representing the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In 1994, Ayatollah Mojtahed Shabestari was elected as the Friday Imam of Tabriz by the Supreme Leader and held this serious responsibility until June 2017. He was the former chairman of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, the Friday prayer leader of Tabriz, a member of the Combatant Clergy Association, a representative of the people in the Assembly of Leadership Experts, and a member of the Expediency Council.
The Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) that was established by a group of Shiite elites under the supervision of the great Islamic authority of the Shiites in 1990 to identify, organize, educate and support the followers of Ahl al-Bayt.