Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari | |
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Shariatmadari, March 1982 | |
| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 5 January 1906 Tabriz, Sublime State of Qajar |
| Died | 3 April 1986 (aged 80) |
| Era | Modern history |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (Persian: محمد کاظم شریعتمداری), also spelled Shariat-Madari (5 January 1906 – 3 April 1986), was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away from governmental positions and was a critic of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, denouncing the taking hostage of diplomats at the US embassy in Tehran.