Mohammad Reza Modarresi-Yazdi | |
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 Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Reza Yazdi during a press conference in 2016. | |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Majority | 1,053,385 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 Yazd,Iran |
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