Hassan Sane'i | |
|---|---|
حسن صانعی | |
 Saane'i at his brother's funeral in 2020 | |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| In office 4 October 1989 – 21 July 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1934 Nikabad, Iran |
| Died | 21 July 2023 (aged 89) |
Hassan Sane'i (1934 – 21 July 2023) was an Iranian government official who was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[1] He was also the president of the 15 Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation that was created in 1981.[2][3]
Sane'i was a fundamentalist who called for the execution of Salman Rushdie, raising a bounty for his insulting Islam.[4][5][6][7]
Sane'i was the brother of the reformist Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei. He died on 21 July 2023, at the age of 89.[8]
References and notes
- ↑ "BBC News | Middle East | Analysis: Why the Rushdie affair continues".
- ↑ PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM, 1994: STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM OVERVIEW
- ↑ Ladier-Fouladi, Marie (2002). "Iranian Families between Demographic Change and the Birth of the Welfare State". Population. 57 (2): 361–370. doi:10.2307/3246613. JSTOR 3246613.
- ↑ World: Middle East, Rushdie death bounty raised, BBC, 12 October 1998
- ↑ "Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Iran (the Islamic Republic of)". www.amnesty.org. Archived from the original on 9 November 1999.
- ↑ IN THE NAME OF ALLAH: DECEPTION FROM TEHRAN AND THE CASE OF SALMAN RUSHDIE American Atheists
- ↑ Iran Offers a Higher Reward For Assassination of Rushdie New York Times
- ↑ "آیتالله حسن صانعی درگذشت". ISNA. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
External links
- The World Outraged by Prize Hike to Kill Rushdie 12 February 1997
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