Hassan Sane'i

Hassan Sane'i (1934 – 21 July 2023) was an Iranian government official who was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was also the president of the 15 Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation that was created in 1981.

Hassan Sane'i
حسن صانعی
Saane'i at his brother's funeral in 2020
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
In office
4 October 1989  21 July 2023
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Personal details
Born1934 (1934)
Nikabad, Iran
Died21 July 2023 (aged 89)

Sane'i was a fundamentalist who called for the execution of Salman Rushdie, raising a bounty for his insulting Islam.

Sane'i was the brother of the reformist Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei. He died on 21 July 2023, at the age of 89.

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