Head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, has passed away at the age of 70 after months of suffering acute ill health.
The prominent religious and political figure succumbed to renal and intestinal malfunctions at Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Hospital on Monday.
The health condition of Ayatollah Shahroudi had turned worse since Sunday, and he was in the intensive care for a digestive system problem, Mehr reported. A member of Ayatollah Shahroudi’s office had called on the “pious and God-loving people to pray for him, on Sunday.
Ayatollah Sharoudi had not attended Expediency Council’s sessions since mid-summer and EDC Secretary, as recommended by doctors.
The senior cleric was appointed by Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei as chairman of Expediency Council in 2017.
Source: Agencies
