GOLPĀYAGĀNI, MOḤAMMAD-REŻĀ
(1899-1993), Ayatollah Sayyed, a chief figure in the contemporary Shiʿite clerical hierarchy, who took a moderate stand in the opposition to what was considered the state’s disregard for Islamic principles in the name of modernization.
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Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi, “GOLPĀYAGĀNI, MOḤAMMAD-REŻĀ,” Encyclopaedia Iranica, XI/1, pp. 98-100, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/golpayagani-ayatollah (accessed on 30 December 2012).