Sayyid Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi ( fa, سید حسین موسوی تبریزی, was born 1947 in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

) is an Iranian

Shiite Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...

mujtahid, writer, researcher, judge and politician. He is professor the high-level of

Qom Hawza The Qom Seminary () is the largest Islamic seminary (''hawza'') in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom. It trains Usuli scholars. History Although big Shi'a academies existed in Qom dating back as earl ...

. The most important political posts of Mousavi Tabrizi is secretary Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers, Head of Iran's House of Parties and Vice-President of

Pervasive Coalition of Reformists Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step ( fa, ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope ( fa, لیست امید) by Mohammad Khatami, was the sole coalition and electoral list affiliated w ...

. He is perhaps best known for signing the death sentences of members of the

Local Spiritual Assembly Spiritual Assembly is a term given by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Baháʼí Faith. Because the Baháʼí Faith has no clergy, they carry out the affairs of the community. In addition to existing at the local level ...

of the Baha'is of Tehran in 1981, who had been kidnapped and subsequently tortured and finally executed purely on religious grounds.Ferdowsi, Farsheed, "Under the Staircase, A Martyr's Journey", Jazab Press, 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mousavi Tabrizi, Seyed Hossein People from Tabriz 20th-century Iranian judges Members of the Assembly of Experts 1947 births Iranian reformists Al-Moussawi family Living people Iranian prosecutors Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers members Secretaries-General of political parties in Iran Rotating Presidents of the Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front