What is Yosef Hamadani Cohen?
[[File:Hamadani Cohen.JPG|thumb|Cohen in December 2009.]] '''Yosef Hamadani Cohen''' ({{Lang-fa|یوسف همدانی کهن}}; born 1916 &ndash; 29 March 2014) was an [[Iranians|Iranian]] [[Jewish]] [[religious leader]]. He was the chief [[rabbi]] of the Jewish people in [[Iran]] from January 1994 until his death. Before this, he was the rabbi of [[Yusef Abad Synagogue]]. Cohen died after a long illness on 29 March 2014 in [[Tehran]] over [[Shabbat]]. He was 98 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-chief-rabbi-yousef-hamadani-cohen-dies/|title=Iranian chief rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen dies|date=30 March 2014|accessdate=31 March 2014|newspaper=[[Times of Israel]]|first=Marissa|last=Newman}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons-inline|Yousef Hamadani Cohen|Yosef Hamadani Cohen}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Yosef Hamadani}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Chief rabbis]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Iran]] [[Category:Iranian Jews]] [[Category:People from Tehran]]