Ata’ollah Ashrafi Esfahani

Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani

Ayatollah Ata’ollah Ashrafi Esfahani was an Iranian religious leader. He was born near Esfahan and educated at the Qom Seminary. He is a descendant of one of the Jabal Amel scholars who converted to Islam in the early days of Islam.

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Summary Ata'ollah Ashrafi EsfahaniAyatollah Ata’ollah Ashrafi Esfahani was an Iranian religious leader. He was born near Esfahan and educated at the Qom Seminary. He became a mojtahed when he was 40. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, he was selected as the Imam Jumu’ah for the city of Kermanshah. On 15 October 1982, after two unsuccessful attempts to kill him, a member of the Mujahideen-e Khalq succeeded in killing him at the age of 80 while he was praying Friday prayers.

He is a descendant of one of the Jabal Amel scholars who converted to Islam in the early days of Islam; his ancestors then moved to the area near EsFahan.