What is Abbas Vaez-Tabasi?
{{Infobox person |era = [[Modern era]] |name = '''Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi''' |title= [[Ayatollah]] |image=Abbas Vaez-Tabasi - oepning of Dar ul Marhama portico - Holy shrine of Imam Reza - Mashhad (cropped).jpg |caption=Tabasi in 2014 |birth_date= {{birth date|1935|6|25}} |birth_place= [[Tabas]], [[Mashhad]], Iran |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|4|1935|6|25}} |death_place=[[Mashhad]], Iran |nationality=Iranian |spouse=Zahra Tabasi {{small|(1959–2016, his death)}} |children=Naser {{small|(b. 1960)}}<br>Mostafa {{small|(b. 1962)}}<br>Maedeh {{small|(b. 1964)}} }} [[Ayatollah]] '''Abbas Vaez Tabasi''' ({{lang-fa| آيت الله عباس واعظ طبسی}}, 25 June 1935 – 4 March 2016) was an [[Iran]]ian [[cleric]]. He holds memberships at different [[institution]]s. He was the Grand Imam and Chairman of the [[Astan Quds Razavi]] board from 1979 until his death in 2016. He was born in [[Tabas]], [[Mashhad]]. Tabasi died from [[respiratory failure]] in [[Mashhad]], Iran on 4 March 2016. He had [[lung cancer]]. Tabasi was aged 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/03/04/453724/Iran-Mashhad-Ayatollah-Abbas-Vaez-Tabasi|title=PressTV-Senior Iranian cleric passes away|website=www.presstv.com|access-date=2019-01-20|archive-date=2019-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225192204/https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/03/04/453724/Iran-Mashhad-Ayatollah-Abbas-Vaez-Tabasi|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.vaeztabasi.com/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224005137/http://www.vaeztabasi.com/ |date=2007-02-24 }} * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/030312_a-almakaseb.shtml BBC article about Naser Vaez-Tabasi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417090351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/030312_a-almakaseb.shtml |date=2015-04-17 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabasi, Abbas Vaez}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Iranian clerics]] {{bio-stub}}