Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei

Ayatollah Sheikh
Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei
آیت الله شیخ محمدهادی عبدخدایی
Abdekhodaei in 2019
Member of the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
28 May 1980 – 27 May 1984
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Member of the second term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
28 May 1984 – 27 May 1988
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Majority340,293 (44.2%)
Member of the fourth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
28 May 1992 – 26 May 1996
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Majority340,293 (44.2%)
The 11th Amabassador to the Holy See.
In office
05 May 1997 – 22 January 2001
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded byMohammad Masjed Jamei
Succeeded byMostafa Boroujerdi
Member of the Fifth term of Assembly of Experts
In office
24 May 2016 – 21 May 2024
Preceded byAli Asghar Masoumi Shahroudi
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Majority873,143 (31.4%)
محمدهادی عبدخدایی
Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei
TitleAyatollah
Personal life
Born(1938-07-28)28 July 1938
Died30 January 2026(2026-01-30) (aged 87)
Mashhad, Iran
NationalityIranian
Parent
Political partyFada'iyan-e Islam
Alma materQom Hawza
University of Tehran
Khorasan Seminary
RelativesMohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei (brother)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
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Sheikh Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei (Persian: شیخ محمدهادی عبدخدایی; 28 July 1938 – 30 January 2026) was an Iranian ayatollah. He was a member of the Fifth term of the Assembly of Experts. He was previously the 11th Ambassador of Iran to the Vatican, and also served in the Iranian Parliament for three terms.