What is Mohammad Yazdi?
[[File:Mohammad Yazdi (16) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Mohammad Yazdi''' ({{lang-fa|محمد یزدی}}, 2 July 1931 – 9 December 2020) was an Iranian cleric and politician. He was the head of [[Judiciary System of Iran]] between 1989 and 1999. In 2015, he was elected to lead [[Iran's Assembly of Experts]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Erdbrink |first=Thomas |date=10 March 2015 |title=Conservative Cleric Chosen to Lead Iranian Council |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/world/middleeast/conservative-cleric-chosen-to-lead-iranian-council.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Tehran |access-date=18 May 2016}}</ref> Yazdi was also [[Chief Justice of Iran]] from 1989 to 1999. Yazdi was born in [[Isfahan]], Iran. Yazdi died on 9 December 2020 from [[stomach cancer]] in [[Tehran]], aged 89.<ref>[https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1244202/mort-de-layatollah-yazdi-ancien-chef-du-pouvoir-judiciaire.html Death of Ayatollah Yazdi, former head of the judiciary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yazdi, Mohammad}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stomach cancer]] [[Category:Chief Justices of Iran]] [[Category:Politicians from Isfahan]] {{bio-stub}}