Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem (), also known as "Ayatollah Ale-Hashem" (18 August 1962 – 19 May 2024) was an Iranian jurist and Twelver Shia cleric who was the representative of Vali-e-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) in the province of East Azerbaijan,Appointment of Vali-e-Faqih in East Azerbaijan and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz leader.irKhabargozari Rasmi Hozeh (formal broadcasting of Hawzah); Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale HashemSeyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem; Appointment order of Imam-Jom'ah of Tabriz by revolution leader tebyan.net and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz. Appointment of Vali-e-Faqih in East Azerbaijan and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz khamenei.irHawzah Namayandegi-WaliFaqih Dar Umur HajoZiarat (Hawzah of Vali-e-Faqih agency in Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization (Iran)); Ale-Hasehm

Ale-Hashem was killed in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash alongside then President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi and six others on board.

Biography He was active during the Iran-Iraq War,Appointment of Vali-e-Faqih in East Azerbaijan and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz khamenei.ir and possessed the educational degree of Hawzah at "level 4" (Doctoral). Likewise, he passed his Kharij-Feqh lessons (of Hawzah) in the classes of Iran's current supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. He was also the head of the "Political Ideological Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army" before being appointed the position of Vali-e-Faqih representative in East-Azerbaijan Province and Tabriz Imam-Jom'ah.Biography of Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem tasnimnews.com

Personal life Ale-HashemAle-Hashem documentary aparat.com Retrieved 15 April 2020A glance on the biography of Hujjat-al-Islam Ale-Hashem; who is Imam-Jom'ah of tabriz? yjc.ir Retrieved 15 April 2020 was born on 18 August 1962.سید محمدعلی آل هاشم؛ روحانی ۶۲ساله‌ای که آرزوی شهادت داشت He had his education up to high school in his hometown, and afterwards moved to Qom for higher education at Hawzah.

Death On 19 May 2024, a helicopter carrying Ale-Hashem, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed near the Azerbaijan–Iran border. He initially survived the crash and answered two phone calls, but died before the rescuers could arrive (all eight people on board were dead when the rescuers reached the site), according to Gholamhossein Esmaili, who was aboard one of the helicopters in Raisi's entourage. At a meeting of the Assembly of Experts on 21 May, a flower-ringed portrait of Ale-Hashem was placed on his seat.

See also Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi Hassan Ameli 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash

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