Grand Ayatollah Sayyidd Ali Asghar Dastgheib
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Grand Ayatollah Ali Asghar Dastgheib
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| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
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| Born | 1945 |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
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| Order | Trusteeship of Shah Cheragh |
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| Based in | Shiraz, Iran |
| Website | Official website |
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib (Persian: سید علیاصغر دستغیب) (born 1945) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja[1][2] and former member of the Iranian Assembly of Experts. He was among those who advised Ruhollah Khomeiniinprobate matters.
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]
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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