Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani

Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (Persian: اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He has published objections to Iran's system of Islamic Jurist Guardianship known as velayat-e faqih, asserting that this system is not founded on Islam.

Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani
Member of the Parliament
In office
28 May 1984  28 May 1992
ConstituencyZanjan and Tarom
In office
28 May 1980  28 May 1984
ConstituencyMahneshan and Ijrud
Personal details
Born (1941-12-23) 23 December 1941
Zanjan, Iran
Political partyAssociation of Combatant Clerics
Alma materQom Hawza
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