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Sayyid Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی
Mousavi Ardebili in 2015
Chief Justice of Iran Head of Supreme Court of Iran
In office 28 June 1981 – 15 August 1989
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Mohammad Beheshti
Succeeded by	Mohammad Yazdi
Attorney-General of Iran
In office 23 February 1980 – 28 June 1981
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Fathollah Banisadr
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 15 August 1983 – 1 December 1991
Constituency	Tehran Province
Personal details
Born	(1926-01-28)28 January 1926 Ardabil, Iran
Died	23 November 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party
Alma mater	Qom Seminary
Website	Official website

Sayyid Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili (Persian: سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی, 28 January 1926 – 23 November 2016) was an Iranian reformist politician and Twelver shi'a marja.

Political career

Ardebili was a supporter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and was a friend of his. He made speeches in support of Khomeini in the 1970s. After the Iranian Revolution, he became a founding member of the Islamic Republican Party that was founded in 1979. Khomeini appointed him as chief of justice in 1981 after the impeachment of President Abulhassan Banisadr. As chief justice, he served as a member of the temporary council of the Presidency, along with the Prime Minister and Speaker, carrying out the duties of the president for up to two months.

References

1. Asayesh, Hossein; Adlina Ab. Halim; Jayum A. Jawan; Seyedeh Nosrat Shojaei (March 2011). "Political Party in Islamic Republic of Iran: A Review". Journal of Politics and Law. 4 (1). doi:10.5539/jpl.v4n1p221. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
2. Ramazani, Rouhollah K. (Spring 1980). "Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran". Middle East Journal. 34 (2). Middle East Institute: 181–204. JSTOR 4326018.

External links

• Is the Ayatullah a Heretic?, Time, Monday, 28 April 1980

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Order	Ruhollah Khomeini
Perpetrators	Ebrahim Raisi Mostafa Pourmohammadi Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani Majid Ansari Asadollah Lajevardi Alireza Avayi
Influential sponsors	Ahmad Khomeini Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili Ali Khamenei Mohammad Reyshahri Mohsen Rezaee
Opponents	Hussein-Ali Montazeri Sadiq al-Shirazi
Related parties and organizations	People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian Fedaian Organisation Tudeh Party of Iran Worker's Way Komalah Communist Party of Iran Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class
Buried	Khavaran cemetery
Related	Mothers of Khavaran Raheleh Rahemipour
Category:1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners

• 1926 births
• 2016 deaths
• People from Ardabil
• Chief justices of Iran
• Musawis
• People of the Iranian revolution
• Members of the Assembly of Experts
• Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members
• Council of the Islamic Revolution members
• Members of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
• 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners