Abolghasem Khazali, former member of the Guardian Council, passed away.

Abolghasem Khazali, a cleric and one of the veteran members of the political institutions of the Islamic Republic, passed away in Tehran.

He was a member of the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution in 1979 and served as a jurist of the Guardian Council for years.

Khazali also had a history of membership in the Assembly of Experts for Leadership and was considered one of the conservative figures of the structure of the Islamic Republic. He passed away at around the age of 90 after a period of illness.