Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani
Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament | |
| In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 1992 | |
| Constituency | Zanjan and Tarom |
| In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 | |
| Constituency | Mahneshan and Ijrud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1941 Zanjan, Iran |
| Political party | Association of Combatant Clerics |
| Alma mater | Qom Hawza |
Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (Persian: اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He has published objections to Iran's system of Islamic Jurist Guardianship known as velayat-e faqih, asserting that this system is not founded on Islam.