Mohammad Yazdi

Al principio, el ayatolá Yazdi aprendió persa de su padre y luego fue al Maktab . También se trasladó a una escuela recién fundada para continuar su educación. Cuando fue a Qom , residió en la escuela Feyziyeh y estudió religión con eruditos como Mohammad Ali Araki , el ayatolá Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Amoli , el ayatolá Shahroudi , el gran ayatolá Hossein Borujerdi y Ruhollah Khomeini . ^{[ 5 ]}

El ayatolá Yazdi solía dar conferencias en mezquitas y casas de eruditos. También impartió un curso de moral en la escuela Feyziyeh y disertó sobre temas políticos. ^{[ 6 ]} Mohammad Yazdi fue exiliado por la SAVAK en varias ocasiones a Bandar Lengeh , Bushehr y Rudbar . ^{[ 5 ]}

Después de que el ayatolá Khamenei se convirtiera en líder de la República Islámica, el ayatolá Yazdi se desempeñó como presidente de la Corte Suprema. Permaneció en el cargo durante muchos años antes de ser reemplazado por Muhammad Hashemi Shahroudi. ^{[ 7 ]} Yazdi fue miembro de la Asamblea de Expertos ^{[ 2 ]} y del Consejo de Guardianes . Se desempeñó como líder interino de la oración del viernes en Teherán .

Esta es parte de la carrera política del ayatolá Yazdi después de la Revolución Islámica, como se detalla a continuación: ^{[ 6 ]}

• Management of Imam Khomeini's Office in Qom
• Member of the dispute resolution council between Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Abolhassan Banisadr^[8]
• Member of the Assembly of Experts constitution in 1979
• Temporary Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam, 1982 to late 1990s
• Chief Justice of Iran 1989 to 1999
• Member of the Assembly of Experts, 1991 to 2016
• Member of Iranian Parliament from 1980 to 1988 in Qom and Tehran
• Vice chairman of Iranian Parliament in the first and second periods
• Member of Guardian Council in the periods of the second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
• One of the founders and secretary of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom

In the run-up to the February 2016 elections, Yazdi opposed bilateral relations with the United States.^[9] In the popular election held in February 2016 for Assembly of Experts candidates, incumbent Chairman Yazdi was not among the 16 experts who received enough votes to represent Tehran in the Fifth Assembly of Experts.^[10]

Many western media outlets pointed to Yazdi's exit from the Assembly when providing and emphasizing the gains that reformists made in the 2016 elections.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} In a speech congratulating those elected to the Fifth Assembly of Experts, Yazdi advocated for peaceful, moderate relations with other countries, but went on to warn about dealing with enemies and characterized America as "The Great Satan".^[16] Two days later, Fars News Agency reported the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Khamenei lamented the Assembly's loss of Yazdi as chairman and warned of the risk that the West could influence or infiltrate Iran.^[17] As of 9 May 2016, Yazdi remained on the Guardian Council,^[18] which vets potential candidates for the Assembly of Experts. During Yazdi's tenure on the Guardian Council, human-rights organizations have criticized the Guardian Council's disqualification of reform candidates in the 2016 elections.^[19][20]