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Mostafa Mousavi Faraz
Iranian Ayatollah / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Faraz (Persian: سید مصطفی موسوی فراز) (also known as "Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Esfahani"), is an Iranian Twelver Shia ayatollah who was born in 1944 in Isfahan among a religious family. This Shia cleric is a member of Assembly of Experts (from Hamedan province)[1] since February 2016.[2]
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Mousavi Faraz's[3][4] father was "Seyyed-Akbar Havaei" who was a draper.[5] Seyyed Mostafa went to Hawzah; meanwhile, his father used to encourage him a lot to go to Hawzah, too. He commenced his Seminary education before finishing his elementary-school at the age of 14. He studied for 3 years in Isfahan Hawzah. Later on, he went to Qom seminary.[6]