Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani (Persian: سید هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی; 1941 – 16 March 2020) was an Iranian Shia Ayatollah and representative of the Tehran ProvinceinIran's Assembly of Experts.[1] He studied at the Qom Seminary.
Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani
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Bathaie Golpayegani in 2018
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| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| In office 24 May 2016 – 16 March 2020 | |
| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 1,331,056 (29.57%) |
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| Born | 1941 (1941) Guged, Isfahan Province, Imperial State of Iran |
| Died | 16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 78–79) Qom, Iran |
| Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Education | Qom Seminary |
| Website | Official Website |
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Bathaie ran under the People's Experts and the Friends of Moderation electoral list in the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election.
Golpayegani claimed that "America is the source of coronavirus, because America went head to head with China and realised it cannot keep up with it economically or militarily."[2]
On 22 February, Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani announced at a ceremony that he had been infected with COVID-19, but had healed himself using an "Islamic remedy".[3] Three weeks later, on 14 March, he was hospitalized.[3] On 15 March 2020, the Al Arabiya English reported that he had been infected with coronavirus.[4] On 16 March, Golpayegani died from the virus.[5][3]
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