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Reza Mohammadi Langroudi

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Reza Mohammadi Langroudi
TitleAyatollah
Personal life
Born(1928-08-03)3 August 1928
Died5 March 2020(2020-03-05) (aged 91)
Langarud, Gilan Province, Iran
Cause of deathCOVID-19
EraModern history
Main interest(s)Usool Fiqh
Religious life
ReligionShia Islam
CreedUsuli Twelver Shia Islam
Senior posting

Reza Mohammadi Langroudi (Persian: رضا محمدی لنگرودی; 3 August 1928 – 5 March 2020)[1] was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric of the rank of Ayatollah. He served as representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the town of Langroud.[2][better source needed]

Reza Mohammadi Langroudi was a student of Hossein Borujerdi, Ruhollah Khomeini and Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani.[3][4]

During the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he played an influential role in the marches. For a time, he was the temporary Friday imam of Langroud and Amlash.

Langroudi died at the age of 91 as a result of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 5 March 2020.[1][5]

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  1. ^ a b "آیت الله محمدی لنگرودی درگذشت". خبرگزاری حوزه (in Persian). 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus epidemic spreads across Iran, claiming more than 2,300 lives". People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ "آیت الله حاج شیخ رضا محمدی لنگرودی به دلیل بیماری کرونا درگذشت" (in Persian). noandish.com.
  4. ^ "آیت الله حاج شیخ رضا محمدی لنگرودی شاگرد امام خمینی و آیت‌الله بهجت به دلیل بیماری کرونا درگذشت" (in Persian). entekhab.ir. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  5. ^ "Two Iranian religious figures latest to die of coronavirus in Iran". Al Arabiya English. 7 March 2020.