Seyed Ali Asghar Dastgheib

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib (Persian: سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب) (born 1945) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja[1][2] and member of the Iranian Assembly of Experts. He was among those who advised Ruhollah Khomeini in probate matters.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyidd Ali Asghar Dastgheib
Grand Ayatollah Ali Asghar Dastgheib
TitleGrand Ayatollah
Personal
Born1945
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shia Islam
OrderTrusteeship of Shah Cheragh
Senior posting
Based inShiraz, Iran
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

He was born in December 1945 in Shiraz, Iran. He is the son of Ali Akbar Dastgheib and grandson of Ayatollah Hidayatullah Shirazi. He graduated from Shahpur Shiraz seminary and for higher education went to Qom Seminary. In Qom he studied in seminars of Grand Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli and Grand Ayatollah Golpayegani.[3]

Dastgheib family

Career

In 2013, Asghar became a trustee of the shrine of Shah Cheragh and Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Ja'far in Shiraz by Ali Khamenei.[4][5][6]

He also became boss of the Board of Trustees Council in Shiraz .[7]

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