Senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri aged 76 passed away in Tehran.

Late Ayatollah Taskhiri served in different political and religious positions among the most important are: member of Assembly of Experts since 1998, advisor of the Supreme Leader in Muslim world affairs, international deputy of the Supreme Leader bureau since 1990, president of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization since its foundation in 1994-2001, secretary General of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought.

Top cleric also served as the president of the Supreme Council at World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought following years of directing the major Islamic unity body in Iran.