Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani

Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani
اسدالله بیات زنجانی
Member of the Parliament
In office
28 May 1984 – 28 May 1992
ConstituencyZanjan and Tarom
In office
28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
ConstituencyMahneshan and Ijrud
Personal details
Born (1941-12-23) 23 December 1941
PartyAssociation of Combatant Clerics
Alma materQom Seminary
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Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (Persian: اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He has published objections to Iran's system of Islamic Jurist Guardianship known as velayat-e faqih, asserting that this system is not founded on Islam.