Ali Meshkini



Ayatollah Ali Meshkini (1922-July 30, 2007 ) is the chairman of the Assembly of Experts in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Assembly of Experts is a body of 86 members. It is exclusively reserved for Islamic clerics who are elected by voters every eight years.

Hospitalization
On 20 July 2007, the 85-year-old Ayatollah Meshkini fell into a coma. A few days later, a think thank reported he was dead or "on the brink of death." Later, he died before the start of August 2007.

Videos

 * Ayatollah Meshkini in Friday Sermon at Qom: The Holocaust Is a Lie, transcript, December 17, 2005
 * Key Iran clerical body chief dies after illness, 30 July 2007

Articles

 * Ayatollah Meshkini gets better, Islamic Republic News Agency, 20 July 2007
 * "Prominent Iranian cleric dies at 85", USA Today, 30 July 2007
 * "Prominent hard-line cleric dies in Iran", Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2007