Hassan Sane'i
Hassan Sane'i | |
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حسن صانعی | |
Saane'i at his brother's funeral in 2020 | |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| In office 4 October 1989 – 21 July 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1934 Nikabad, Iran |
| Died | 21 July 2023 (aged 89) |
Hassan Sane'i (1934 – 21 July 2023) was an Iranian government official who was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was also the president of the 15 Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation that was created in 1981.
Sane'i was a fundamentalist who called for the execution of Salman Rushdie, raising a bounty for his insulting Islam.
Sane'i was the brother of the reformist Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei. He died on 21 July 2023, at the age of 89.