Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem | |
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محمدعلی آلهاشم | |
![]() Ale-Hashem in 2018 | |
Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan | |
In office 31 May 2017 – 19 May 2024 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Motahhari Asl (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran | 28 October 1962
Died | 19 May 2024 near Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran | (aged 61)
Cause of death | Helicopter crash |
Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem (Persian: سید محمدعلی آلهاشم), also known as "Ayatollah Ale-Hashem" (28 October 1962 – 19 May 2024) was an Iranian jurist and Twelver Shia cleric who was the representative of Vali-e-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) in the province of East Azerbaijan,[1][2][3] and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz.[4][5]
Ale-Hashem was killed in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash alongside then President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi and six others on board.[6]