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	Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (Persian: محمد تقی مصباح یزدی) (born 1934) is an Iranian Shia cleric and politician.
		Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi completed his primary and secondary education in Yazd, and then moved to Qom, where he continued his education in fiqh and graduated in 1960.
		Mesbah Yazdi believes that slavery and aggression are justifiable under Islam [2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mohammad_Taghi_Mesbah_Yazdi (1002 words)

	Social freedoms should not conflict with Islamic principles -- Yazdi
		Commenting on the note 7 of the article 3 of the constitution regarding "the Islamic government from the viewpoint of the constitution", the ayatollah said the government is duty bound to determine the social and political freedoms within the framework of the constitution.
		Ayatollah Yazdi said the independence of the Islamic system and the national unity should not be damaged in the name of freedoms adding that this fact has been clearly mentioned in the constitution.
		Ayatollah Yazdi said the recount of the votes cast in some ballot boxes revealed some irregularities adding that ballot boxes which show more than 10 percent of discrepancy in vote recounting are not acceptable and should be annulled.
	www.payvand.com /news/00/may/1028.html (664 words)

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		before nateq-nouri's speech, the friday prayer leader of ramsar, hojjatoleslam mohammad taqi nahvi and ramsar majlis representative, abdul-wahhab briefed the majlis speaker of the political, economic and cultural developments of the caspian province of mazandaran.
		mohammad ali praised iran for being one of the major countries in giving shelter to refugees from neighboring countries, and expressed hope that the islamic bank would be able to render more services in this regard.
		ayatollah yazdi observed that the the attack was a terrorist act which would have been prevented if the pakistani government had duly reacted to previous terrorist acts in that country against the iranian interests.
	www.salamiran.org /Media/IRNA/970221.html (6315 words)

	Holy Crime, crime of clergy, clergical crime, Ecclesiastical crime, spiritual,purity, innocent, Iran, Iranian, Persia, ...
		Mohammad Mohammadi Rayshahri cleric : organizer and Sharia judge of the army Revolution court (1979), first intelligence Minister of the Islamic Republic, head of the special court for the clergy, prosecutor-general.
		Mohammad Esmail Shoushtari cleric, born in Qouchan (Khorasan province) in 1949.
		As a deputy to Mohammad Mohammadi Rayshahri in the military public prosecutor’s office he has played an active role in commission of acts of torture against hundreds of members of the ground and air force personnel.
	www.holycrime.com /Criminals7.asp (3412 words)

	FDI Newswire No. 43 - April 17, 1997
		The adoption of the law was announced by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi in a Friday prayer sermon in Tehran on June 28, after prolonged debate in Parliament.
		Ayatollah Yazdi told a national gathering of judges that he was seeking to reconstitute the Judiciary Force, which was dissolved years ago when the regime decided the unite the different police forces into one.
		Yazdi's appeal for the new force was supported by Hojjat-ol eslam Ali Younesi, the head of Armed Forces Judiciary Organization, who lamented the poor quality and insufficient quantity of LEF equipment.
	www.iran.org /news/960715.htm (2977 words)

	Lecture by Dr. Yazdi - 4/22/99
		Dr. Mohammad Yazdi was born on July 28th 1911 in Tehran, Iran.
		Yazdi received the Diplome d'Etat and Diplome Federale of Medicine from the Universities of Paris and Geneva Medical Faculties as well as the Forlanini Institute in Italy.
		Upon his return to Iran in 1941, Dr. Yazdi was placed in charge of the Shahabad Sanatorium and inaugurated the new cure of tuberculosis (collapsotherapy) for the first time in Iran.
	www.stanford.edu /group/psa/events/1998-99/yazdi.utf8.html (687 words)

	Iran
		Mohammad Khatami was elected to a second 4-year term as President in a popular vote in June, with 77 percent of the vote.
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who resigned as head of the judiciary in August 2000, stated in 1996 that the Baha'i faith is an espionage organization.
		Mohammad Khatami, a former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance who was impeached in 1992 by the Majles for "liberalism" and "negligence," was reelected President in a landslide, with 77 percent of the vote.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8251.htm (17066 words)

	Press Freedom in Iran
		As a consequence, the press remains vulnerable to the shifting currents of Iranian politics, and journalists, writers and editors continue to be subject to recurrent waves of repression.
		Mohammad Khatami is no stranger to the contentious area of regulating the press.
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, the powerful Head of the Judiciary until August 1999, had directly challenged statements by President Khatami and others calling for greater press freedom, stressing the need for strict limits in this area.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/iran/Iran99o.htm (1049 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Powell demands Palestinian Authority take steps against Hamas
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi delivered the Friday prayer sermon in Tehran, broadcast on national radio, after more than a week of nightly protests by students and pro-reform activists.
		Yazdi’s comments came as dissent against the clerical regime continued to spill into European streets Friday, with two men setting themselves on fire outside the French Embassy in London to protest a French crackdown on the Iranian armed opposition group, the People’s Mujahideen.
		Yazdi, a former head of the judiciary who now sits on the Council of Guardians, a conservative body that vets legislative bills and electoral candidates, said the protesters were moharebs a term meaning combatants who defy Islamic rules.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0306/03062122DS.asp (724 words)

	Iran
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi resigned as the head of the judiciary in August 1999, and was replaced by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi.
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who resigned as head of the judiciary in August, stated in 1996 that Baha'i Faith was an espionage organization.
		Mohammad Khatami, a former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance who was impeached in 1992 by the Majles for "liberalism" and "negligence," was elected President in May 1997.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/786.htm (14864 words)

	Iran Daily
		Yazdi noted that presently nearly 200 clergymen are receiving judicial training in the center.
		According to Yazdi, only two cases pertaining to disciplinary and legal violations have been reported in the past 14 years that were related to the center's graduates.
		Addressing the festival, President Mohammad Khatami noted that of the 2,300,000 governmental employees, over 2 percent hold PhDs, 24 percent hold baccalaureate or master's degrees and 72 percent are either holders of associate diplomas or high school diplomas or lower degrees.
	www.iran-daily.com /1383/2073/html/national.htm (2120 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Who's Who in Iran
		President Mohammad Khatami's reformists are at loggerheads with the conservative hardline clergy.
		Mohammad Khatami was swept to victory in 1997 after gaining almost 70% of the votes and is widely supported by students and women.
		Ayatollah Yazdi is the former head of the judiciary, which he turned into a bastion of the right.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/627590.stm (787 words)

	IRAN AGAIN URGED FREE ELECTIONS FOR IRAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On Thursday, President Mohammad Khatami said what Iran wants for Iraq is "freedom and democracy on the basis of one Iraqi one vote", underlining that with this formula, the Shi’a, who are in Majority in neighbouring Iraq, would be able to control the government.
		Yazdi said "the enemy has always been following the policy of divide and rule and is pursuing this policy even now but the enemy should know that Muslims are primarily committed to their faith and Iraqi Muslims will not go under oppression".
		Turning to domestic issues, Ayatollah Yazdi expressed his concern about young Iranian turning away from Islam and its teaching by urging the young one to go to mosques instead of parties of dancing, mixing with girls, drinking, going to movies or theatres.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2003/Apr-2003/iran_iraq_25403.htm (350 words)

	TEHRAN-PARIS 26TH MAR
		Yazdi's unprecedented attack on the president was immediately interpreted by senior Iranian analysts as the start of a new, "orchestrated" campaign by the defeated conservatives against the reformists, as he accused Mr.
		Yazdi's unprecedented words were the strongest ever voiced publicly against president Khatami who leads the reformist camp against the conservatives who, thanks to the position of the leader, the ayatollah Khameneh'i, still control all key positions and strategic posts in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
		A close associate and adviser to the leader, the ayatollah Yazdi is loathed by the intellectuals, the liberal press and the scholars not only because of his staunch hating of democracy and Western type of freedom, but mostly because of his arrogance and his vulgarity.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/yazdi_menaces.html (738 words)

	FarsiNet News - News related to Iran, Iranians and Persians - March 1999
		Yazdi was referring to last month's arrest of moderate cleric Mohsen Kadivar on charges of undermining Islam and the revolution in his writings and speeches.
		Yazdi is one of the staunchest opponents of the greater press freedom which resulted from Khatami's election in 1997.
		Yazdi sharply criticised Mohajerani for honouring a group of secular writers early this month for their works after the revolution.
	www.farsinet.com /news/mar99.html (2772 words)

	The Iranian: News & Views
		Their deaths were followed by the kidnapping and murder of two secular writers, Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Pouyandeh, in early December.
		Yazdi said the police, intelligence services and the judiciary had been mobilized after strict orders from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mohammad Khatami to arrest the killers.
		But Yazdi implicitly rejected the request, charging that the "enemy seeks to show that there is no security in Iran and use the opportunity to interfere.
	www.iranian.com /News/Jan99/arrest.html (639 words)

	Press Freedom in Iran
		After Head of the Judiciary Mohammad Yazdi said publicly in January 1998 that it was none of the media's business who he sent to jail, the Tehran media protested vigorously.
		Yazdi's words appear to have been taken as a signal by hezbollahi enforcers, who shortly thereafter attacked the paper's editorial offices and beat up the editor, Mashallah Shamsolvaezin.
		Ayatollah Yazdi remains influential in the leadership and was appointed a member of the Council of Guardians.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/iran/Iran99o-02.htm (3777 words)

	YAZDI NAMELY MENACED MOHAJERANI, DISSIDENT PAPERS
		Speaking during the Friday prier, the hard line cleric known for the violence and vulgarity of his words as well his arrogance and aggressively towards intellectuals and dissidents accused Mr Mohajerani of ignoring the press laws because of his tolerance towards the publication of a new newspaper which has replaced another one close down recently.
		He harshly warned officials to be make attention to the fact and remember that Iran was an Islamic nation where the people, the families of the martyrs and the young do not tolerate those who insult Islam or do not respect the laws of Islam.
		The ayatollah Yazdi's strong words were echoed in the religious city of Qom by fundamentalist seminarists who denounced the policies of the Islamic Guidance Minister, called for his impeachment and urged the Judiciary to punish the editor of Khaneh and other dissidents.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/yazdi.html (495 words)

	LEGAL CONSTRAINTS TO POLITICAL REFORM IN IRAN
		The election of Mohammad Khatami as Iran’s president in May 1997 and the defeat of conservative forces in the February 2000 parliamentary elections generated a great deal of enthusiasm and expectations for political change in Iran.
		Under Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who retired in 1999 as the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, the Public Courts were further “Islamicized” and the civil and criminal divisions of these courts were merged.
		For example, Mohammad Reza Khatami, the president’s brother and the newly-elected deputy speaker of the Majlis, retorted that the continuing closure of reformist publications proves that the judiciary is not an independent force and requires a major overhaul to make is an impartial arbiter of disputes.
	www.mevic.org /papers/limits-of-change.html (4320 words)

	An Interview with Mohammad Hossein Ziaee
		Mohammad Hossein Ziaee, the secretary of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, in the course of an interview, has referred to the manner of establishment of this commission, as well to its objectives and activities.
		In such cases Ayatollah Yazdi intervened, and, as the chief of the Judiciary, took some action so that damages were paid to the injured party.
		It is not true to say that as Ayatollah Yazdi is at the head of organizations, so the latter must have a wide scope.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/News/041597.html (4723 words)

	Mohammad Yazdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi (In Persian: آیت‌الله محمد یزدی) was head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999 when he succeeded by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.
		Yazdi is now a member of Guardian Council.
		It does them good, apparently, by saying that even what they are living through is better than a that nation has accumulated against itself!" They are sick of war; war weary and sad.
	mohammad-yazdi.kiwiki.homeip.net (94 words)

	FDI denounces persecution of Baha'is (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Under the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, candidates for the Majlis must be approved by the Council of Guardians, a conclave of six clerics who are appointed by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i.
		They are assisted by six non-voting members who are chosen by the head of the Judiciary Branch, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, (who is also chosen by the Supreme Leader), although the non-voting members must be approved by a vote of Parliament.
		Chief Justice Mohammad Yazdi commented on the Islamic Republic's interpretation of democracy in a Friday prayer sermon delivered on Jan.
	www.iran.org /humanrights/960207.html (466 words)

	IRVAJ English - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a member of the Guardian Council constitutional watchdog, warned Washington not to think it could deal with Iran in the same way it had with its two neighbors.
		Yazdi, a former judiciary chief, urged courts to deal with those arrested in the recent protests quickly and without mercy.
		Analysts said the protesters, who had voiced their anger at both reformist President Mohammad Khatami and the conservative clerics who have blocked his attempts at reform, had been intimidated into ending their protests because of the heavy security presence on the streets.
	www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/news_en.pl?l=en&y=2003&m=06&d=20&a=9 (626 words)

	BBC News \| MONITORING \| Iran's top judge says conspiracy trying to undermine Iran
		The head of Iran's judiciary, Mohammad Yazdi, in his Friday prayer sermon at Tehran university, criticised those responsible for recent "conspiratorial remarks", saying they had tried to undermine the country's fundamental principles, Iranian TV reported.
		The television said Yazdi was referring to the demonstrations in Qom against "the centre of the conspiracies in the city", an apparent reference to Ayatollah Hoseyn Montazeri, whose office was attacked by demonstrators on Wednesday.
		It said that this centre, "under the cloak of religion and sanctimonious claims from time to time raises some baseless discussions against the fundamental principles of the Islamic system, and particularly against the pivotal principle of the constitution, that is, velayat-e faqih" - the principle of rule by the chief theologian Ali Khamene'i.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/monitoring/33645.stm (411 words)

	Right-wing Khobregan Candidates Emerge (Rooz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The exclusion of extremist Yazdi seems to be in response to the broad attacks on other clerics by supporters of ayatollah Yazdi.
		Soon after the elections, traditional conservatists who feared that they would be set aside if Ahmadinejad won the presidency, Mesbah Yazdi said at a meeting with the new president that the Islamic regime had not been Islamic enough during the last 16 years, which included the presidencies of Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami.
		In a public speech at a seminar held at Imam Khomeini Education Center, a supporter of ayatollah Yazdi listed the qualifications for participating in the Khobregan elections and in them he specifically said “absence of support for Hashemi Rafsanjani’ was one.
	r0ozonline.com /english/016603.shtml (461 words)

	Six reformist MPs resign in Iran -DAWN - International; December 31, 2001
		TEHRAN, Dec 30: Six reformist members of the Iranian parliament submitted their resignations on Sunday to protest the jailing of a colleague for insulting the conservative judiciary, the state IRNA news agency reported.
		Mohammad Kazemi, Bijan Shahbaz-Khani, Zabihollah Safaie, Mohsen Torkashvand, Mohammad Piran and Mohammad-Reza Hosseini had sent resignation letters to the reform-majority chamber’s deputy speaker, IRNA said.
		Khatami, brother of Iran’s reformist President Mohammad Khatami, asked Khamenei last week to order a halt to legal proceedings against members of parliament and the release of MP Hossein Loghmanian, who was recently jailed for his criticism of the judicial system.
	www.dawn.com /2001/12/31/int3.htm (582 words)

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