List of ayatollahs

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This is a partial list of ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only the names of ayatollahs. To see lists of grand ayatollahs, or hujjatul islams, see the following articles: List of maraji; List of hujjatul Islams.^[1]

The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).

No	Image	Name	Birth Date CE	Birth Place	Residence	Notes
1		Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani محمدباقر باقری کنی	1926 (age 98–99)	Tehran, Iran	Iran	-
2		Ahmad Mohseni Garakani احمد محسنی گرکانی	1926 (age 98–99)	Garakan, Iran	Iran	-
3		Ahmad Jannati احمد جنتی‎	(1927-02-23) 23 February 1927 (age 98)	Isfahan, Iran	Iran	-
4		Seyed Ali Akbar Ghoreyshi سید علی اکبر قریشی‎	1928 (age 96–97)	Bonab, Iran	Iran	-
5		al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد مرتضى الموسوي القزويني	(1930-08-01) 1 August 1930 (age 94)	Karbala, Iraq	Karbala, Iraq	-
6		Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی	1932 (age 92–93)	Kerman, Iran	Iran	-
7		Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی	1932 (age 92–93)	Khomeyn, Iran	Iran	-
8		Seyed Hassan Mortazavi Shahroudi سید حسن مرتضوی شاهرودی	(1933-02-22) 22 February 1933 (age 92)	Shahrud, Iran	Iran	-
9		Hassan Shariati Niyasar حسن شریعتی نیاسر	(1933-03-21) 21 March 1933 (age 91)	Neyasar, Iran	Iran	-
10		Zaynolabideen Ghorbani العابدین قربانی	1933 (age 91–92)	Panchah, Iran	Iran	-
11		Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi سید محمد شاهچراغی	(1934-06-10) 10 June 1934 (age 90)	Damghan, Iran	Iran	-
12		Morteza Moghtadai مرتضی مقتدایی	(1935-10-12) 12 October 1935 (age 89)	Isfahan, Iran	Iran	-
13		Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei سید محمد خامنه‌ای	(1935-12-25) 25 December 1935 (age 89)	Mashhad, Iran	Iran	-
14		Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی‎	1935 (age 89–90)	Hoseynabad, Iran	Iran	-
15		Ahmad Beheshti احمد بهشتی	1935 (age 89–90)	Fasa, Iran	Iran	-
16		Reza Ostadi Moghaddam رضا استادی مقدم‎	(1937-09-29) 29 September 1937 (age 87)	Tehran, Iran	Iran	-
17		Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi سید محسن خرازی‎	1937 (age 87–88)	Tehran, Iran	Iran	-
18		Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi هاشم هاشم‌زاده هریسی‎	1938 (age 86–87)	Heris, Iran	Iran	-
19		Seyyed Ali Shafiei سیدعلی شفیعی‎	1940 (age 84–85)	Dezful, Iran	Ahvaz, Iran
20		Kazem Nourmofidi کاظم نورمفیدی	1940 (age 84–85)	Gorgan, Iran	Golestan province, Iran	-
21		Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri سیدمحمدعلی موسوی جزایری‎	1941 (age 83–84)	Shushtar, Iran	Iran	-
22		Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi محمود مرعشی نجفی	1941 (age 83–84)	Qom, Iran	Iran	-
23		Syed Riaz Hussain Najafi سید ریاض حسین نجفی	1941 (age 83–84)	Alipur, British India	Lahore, Pakistan	-
24		Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha سید محمد موسوی خوئینی ها	1942 (age 82–83)	Qazvin, Iran	Iran	-
25		al-Sayyid Mujtaba al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي	(1943-08-06) 6 August 1943 (age 81)	Karbala, Iraq	London, United Kingdom	-
26		Ahmad Alamolhoda احمد علم‌الهدی‎	(1944-09-01) 1 September 1944 (age 80)	Mashhad, Iran	Iran	-
27		Hossein Ansarian حسین انصاریان	(1944-11-09) 9 November 1944 (age 80)	Khansar, Iran	Iran	-
28		Seyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad سید یوسف طباطبایی نژاد	1944 (age 80–81)	Ardestan, Iran	Iran	-
29		Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Faraz سید مصطفی موسوی فراز‎	1945 (age 79–80)	Isfahan, Iran	Iran	-
30		Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi محمدرضا ناصری یزدی	1945 (age 79–80)	Yazd, Iran	Iran	-
31		Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad مصطفی محقق داماد	1945 (age 79–80)	Qom, Iran	Iran	-
32		Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani مرتضی صدوقی مازندرانی	(1946-07-22) 22 July 1946 (age 78)	Iran	Iran	-
33		Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi حسین موسوی تبریزی	1947 (age 77–78)	Tabriz, Iran	Iran	-
34		al-Sayyid Hadi al-Hussayni al-Modarresi السيد هادي الحسيني المدرسي	1947 (age 77–78)	Karbala, Iraq	Iraq	Official Website
35		Zohreh Sefati زهره صفاتی	1948 (age 76–77)	Abadan, Iran	Iran	-
36		al-Sayyid Ali al-Hussayni al-Milani السيد علي الحسيني الميلاني	1948 (age 76–77)	Najaf, Iraq	Qom, Iran	Official Website
37		al-Sayyid Ali al-Musawi al-Sabziwari السيد علي الموسوي السبزواري	1948 (age 76–77)	Najaf, Iraq	Najaf, Iraq	-
38		Muhammad Baqir al-Irawani محمد باقر الإيرواني	1949 (age 75–76)	Najaf, Iraq	Iraq	-
39		Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی	(1950-12-03) 3 December 1950 (age 74)	Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran	Iran	-
40		Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam غلامرضا مصباحی مقدم	(1951-07-11) 11 July 1951 (age 73)	Mashhad, Iran	Iran	-
41		Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi سید محمد سعیدی	1951 (age 73–74)	Qom, Iran	Iran	-
42		Mohammad Taghi Vaezi محمد تقی واعظی	1951 (age 73–74)	Tehran, Iran	Iran	-
43		Mohsen Faqihi محسن فقیهی	(1952-11-17) 17 November 1952 (age 72)	Iran	Iran	-
44		Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky ابراهیم یعقوبی زکزکی	(1953-05-05) 5 May 1953 (age 71)	Zaria, Nigeria	Nigeria	-
45		Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi مهدی شب‌زنده‌دار جهرمی‎	1953 (age 71–72)	Darab, Iran	Iran	-
46		Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi سید محمود علوی	(1954-05-04) 4 May 1954 (age 70)	Lamerd, Iran	Iran	-
47		Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini سید مجتبی حسینی‎	1954 (age 70–71)	Mashhad, Iran	Iran	-
48		Seyed Mohammad Ali Ayazi سید محمدعلى ايازى	1954 (age 70–71)	Iran	Iran	-
49		Seyyed Mohammad Reza Modarresi Yazdi سید محمدرضا مدرسی یزدی	1955 (age 69–70)	Yazd, Iran	Iran	-
50		Ali Akbar Rashad علی‌اکبر رشاد	1955 (age 69–70)	Iran	Iran	-
51		Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani عبدالحمید معصومی تهرانی	1955 (age 69–70)	Tehran, Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
52		Mohsen Araki محسن اراکی‎	1956 (age 68–69)	Najaf, Iraq	Iran	-
53		Seyyed Hashem Hosseini Bushehri سید هاشم حسینی بوشهری‎	1956 (age 68–69)	Bushehr, Iran	Iran	-
54		Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi محمدتقی پورمحمدی	1956 (age 68–69)	Marand, Iran	Iran	-
55		al-Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hussayni al-Modarresi السيد علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي	(1957-09-17) 17 September 1957 (age 67)	Karbala, Iraq	Mashhad, Iran	-
56		Mohsen Heidari Alekasir محسن حیدری آل کثیر	1957 (age 67–68)	Shush, Iran	Iran	-
57		Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Kazemeyni Borojerdi سید محمدحسین کاظمینی بروجردی	(1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 (age 66)	Qom, Iran	Iran	-
58		al-Sayyid Riyadh Al-Hakim السيد رياض الحكيم	(1959-01-18) 18 January 1959 (age 66)	Najaf, Iraq	Iraq	-
59		Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری	(1959-06-23) 23 June 1959 (age 65)	Bushehr, Iran	Iran	-
60		Malik Sakhawat Hussain مالک سخاوت حسین	(1959-11-05) 5 November 1959 (age 65)	Sandral, Pakistan	United States of America	Official Website
61		Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani سید احمد حسینی خراسانی	1959 (age 65–66)	Shirvan, Iran	Iran	-
62		Alireza Arafi علی رضا اعرافی‎	1959 (age 65–66)	Meybod, Iran	Iran	-
63		Ahmad Khatami احمد خاتمی‎	(1960-05-08) 8 May 1960 (age 64)	Semnan, Iran	Iran	-
64		Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani صادق اردشیر لاریجانی‎	(1961-03-12) 12 March 1961 (age 63)	Najaf, Iraq	Iran	-
65		Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri محمدمهدی میرباقری	1961 (age 63–64)	Qom, Iran	Iran	-
66		Abolghasem Alidoust ابوالقاسم علیدوست	1961 (age 63–64)	Yazd, Iran	Iran	-
67		Seyed Hassan Ameli سید حسن عاملی‎	(1962-06-05) 5 June 1962 (age 62)	Ardabil, Iran	Iran	-
68		Mostafa Boroujerdi مصطفی بروجردی	(1962-08-01) 1 August 1962 (age 62)	Qom, Iran	Iran	-
69		al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Sistani السيد محمد رضا الحسيني السيستاني	(1962-08-18) 18 August 1962 (age 62)	Najaf, Iraq	Iraq	-
70		Abbas Ka'bi عباس کعبی	1962 (age 62–63)	Ahvaz, Iran	Iran	-
71		Lotfallah Dejkam لطف‌الله دژکام	1962 (age 62–63)	Jahrom, Iran	Iran	-
72		Abbas Tabrizian عباس تبریزیان‎	1962 (age 62–63)	Najaf, Iraq	Iran	-
73		Reza Ramezani Gilani رضا رمضانی گیلانی	1963 (age 61–62)	Rasht, Iran	Iran	-
74		Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi سيد عقيل الغروى	(1964-02-02) 2 February 1964 (age 61)	Banaras, India	London, United Kingdom	Official Website Archived 1 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
75		Abdul Karim Farhani عبدالکریم فرحانی	1964 (age 60–61)	Ahvaz, Iran	Iran	-
76		al-Sayyid Ali al-Hakim السيد علي الحكيم	1964 (age 60–61)	Najaf, Iraq	Lebanon	-
77		al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد مرتضى الحسيني الشيرازي	1964 (age 60–61)	Karbala, Iraq	Najaf, Iraq	-
78		al-Sayyid Muntazir Mehdi al-Razavi السید منتظر مهدی الرضوی	1965 (age 59–60)	Allahabad, India	Qom, Iran	-
79		al-Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim السيد جعفر الحكيم	1965 (age 59–60)	Najaf, Iraq	Najaf, Iraq	-
80		Seyyed Nasir Hosseini سید نصیر حسینی	1967 (age 57–58)	Yasuj, Iran	Iran	-
81		Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei سید مجتبی حسینی خامنه‌ای‎	(1969-09-08) 8 September 1969 (age 55)	Mashhad, Iran	Iran	Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[2]
82		Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi سيد علي نقي نقوي	(1970-05-09) 9 May 1970 (age 54)	Sahiwal, Pakistan	Lahore, Pakistan	-
83		al-Sayyid Hussein al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السید حسین الحسیني الشیرازي	1970 (age 54–55)	Karbala, Iraq	Qom, Iran	-

The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard.

No	Image	Name	Year of Birth CE	Year of Death CE	Birth	Death	Notes
1		al-Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Habboubi السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي	1849 (1849)	1915 (aged 65–66)	Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet	Nasiriyah, Basra vilayet	-
2		Seyed Ali Tabrizi سید علی تبریزی	1844 (1844)	7 December 1917(1917-12-07) (aged 72–73)	Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia	Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia	-
3		Mohammad Aghazadeh Khorasani محمد آقازاده خراسانی	1877 (1877)	1937 (aged 59–60)	Najaf, Baghdad vilayet	Rey, Imperial State of Iran	-
4		Najm al-Hasan نجم الحسن	(1863-05-25)25 May 1863	18 April 1938(1938-04-18) (aged 74)	British India	Lucknow, British India	-
5		Abdul Karim Kho'ini Zanjani عبدالکریم خوئینی زنجانی	1874 (1874)	1938 (aged 63–64)	Khoein, Sublime State of Persia	Qazvin, Imperial State of Iran	-
6		Bibi Khanum بی بی خانوم	Unknown?	1950 (1951)	Baghdad vilayet	Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq	-
7		Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani میرزا مهدی آشتیانی	1888 (1888)	23 April 1953(1953-04-23) (aged 64–65)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Imperial State of Iran	-
8		Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri سید احمد رضوی کشمیری	1898 (1898)	9 July 1964(1964-07-09) (aged 65–66)	Srinagar, British India	Srinagar, British India	[3][4][5][6]
9		Haj Mohammad-Hassan Jazayeri حاج محمد حسن جزایری	1892	1965(1965-00-00) (aged 72–73)	Qom, Sublime State of Persia	Ahvaz, Imperial State of Iran	-
10		Abdulkarim Zanjani عبدالکریم زنجانی	1888 (1888)	1968 (aged 79–80)	Zanjan, Sublime State of Persia	Imperial State of Iran	-
11		Seyed Mohammad Reza Saeedi سید محمدرضا سعیدی	1929 (1929)	10 June 1970(1970-06-10) (aged 40–41)	Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Imperial State of Iran	-
12		Seyed Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi سید سلطان الواعظین شیرازی	(1894-05-12)12 May 1894	11 October 1971(1971-10-11) (aged 77)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Imperial State of Iran	-
13		Muhammad Taqi Amoli محمدتقی آملی	1887 (1887)	1971 (aged 83–84)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran	-
14		Haj Mohammad Ali Hakim Movahed Namazi Shirazi حاج محمد علی حکیم موحد نمازی شیرازی	1903 (1903)	1971 (aged 67–68) (went missing)	Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia	Imperial State of Iran	-
15		Mirza Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei میرزا مهدی الهی قمشه ای	(1901-01-01)1 January 1901	15 May 1973(1973-05-15) (aged 72)	Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Imperial State of Iran	-
16		Haj Mirza Mahdi Pooya Yazdi حاج میرزا مهدی پویا یزدی	1899 (1899)	July 17, 1973(1973-07-17) (aged 73–74)	Najaf, Baghdad vilayet	Karachi, Pakistan	[7]
17		al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد محمد باقر الموسوي القزويني	1919 (1919)	1974 (aged 54–55)	Karbala, Baghdad vilayet	Karbala, Ba'athist Iraq	-
18		Mirza Ahmad Ashtiani میرزا احمد آشتیانی	1882 (1882)	24 June 1975(1975-06-24) (aged 92–93)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Imperial State of Iran	-
19		al-Sayyid Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr السيد موسى صدر الدين الصدر	(1928-06-04)4 June 1928	31 August 1978(1978-08-31) (aged 50) (Went Missing)	Qom, Imperial State of Iran	Libya	-
20		Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai ایت الله سید ابو طالب پیشوایی	1896	21 October 1978(1978-10-21) (aged 81–82)	Bandar-e Anzali, Sublime State of Persia	Bandar-e Anzali, Imperial State of Iran	[8]
21		Mahmoud Taleghani محمود طالقانی‎	(1911-03-05)5 March 1911	9 September 1979(1979-09-09) (aged 68)	Geliyard, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	[9]
22		Seyed Mohammad-Ali Qazi Tabatabaei سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی	(1914-10-23)23 October 1914	2 November 1979(1979-11-02) (aged 65)	Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia	Tabriz, Iran	-
23		al-Sayyid Hassan al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي	1935 (1935)	2 May 1980(1980-05-02) (aged 44–45)	Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq	Beirut, Lebanon	-
24		Gholam Hossein Tabrizi غلامحسین تبریزی	1924 (1924)	14 June 1980(1980-06-14) (aged 55–56)	Vayqan, Sublime State of Persia	Mashhad, Iran	-
25		Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی‎	(1928-10-24)24 October 1928	28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 52)	Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	[10]
26		Ali Qoddusi علی قدوسی	(1927-08-04)4 August 1927	5 September 1981(1981-09-05) (aged 54)	Nahavand, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
27		Mohammad Sadoughi محمد صدوقی‎	(1909-03-01)1 March 1909	2 July 1982(1982-07-02) (aged 73)	Yazd, Sublime State of Persia	Yazd, Iran	-
28		Syed Yusuf al-Moosavi al-Safavi سید یوسف الموسوی الصفوی	1904 (1904)	29 August 1982(1982-08-29) (aged 77–78)	Budgam, British India	Budgam, India	-
29		Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani عطاءالله اشرفی اصفهانی‎	1902 (1902)	15 October 1982(1982-10-15) (aged 79–80)	Khomeyn, Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia	Kermanshah, Iran	[11]
30		Syed Zafr al-Hasan Rizvi سید ظفر الحسن ریضوی	(1911-09-13)13 September 1911	1 January 1983(1983-01-01) (aged 71)	Azamgarh, British India	India	-
31		Seyed Mohammad Ali Angaji سید محمدعلی انگجی	1897 (1897)	5 June 1983(1983-06-05) (aged 85–86)	Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia	Tabriz, Iran	-
32		Seyedeh Nosrat Begum Amin سیده نصرت‌بیگم امین	1886 (1886)	13 June 1983(1983-06-13) (aged 96–97)	Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran	Qom, Iran	-
33		Jafar Hussain جعفر حسین	1914 (1914)	29 August 1983(1983-08-29) (aged 68–69)	British India	Gujranwala, Pakistan	-
34		Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i حاج میرزا خلیل کمره	1898 (1898)	11 October 1984(1984-10-11) (aged 85–86)	Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	[12]
35		Mohammad Reza Tabasi محمد رضا طبسی	1899 (1899)	18 January 1985(1985-01-18) (aged 85–86)	Mashhad, Sublime State of Iran	Qom, Iran	-
36		Morteza Haeri Yazdi مرتضی حائری یزدی‎	(1916-10-12)12 October 1916	16 March 1986(1986-03-16) (aged 69)	Arak, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Iran	-
37		Seyyed Javad Khamenei سید جواد خامنه‌ای‎	(1895-12-07)7 December 1895	5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 90)	Khameneh, Sublime State of Persia	Mashhad, Iran	-
38		Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی‎	1925 (1925)	1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 61–62)	Ilam, Imperial State of Iran	Qom, Iran	[13]
39		Ruhollah Khatami روح الله خاتمی	(1906-10-28)28 October 1906	27 October 1988(1988-10-27) (aged 81)	Yazd, Sublime State of Persia	Yazd, Iran	[14]
40		Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri آية الله سيد عباس المهري‎	1915 (1915)	15 February 1988(1988-02-15) (aged 72–73)	Mohr, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
41		Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi حسنعلی نجابت شیرازی	1917 (1917)	28 April 1989(1989-04-28) (aged 71–72)	Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia	Shiraz, Iran	-
42		Hossein Lankarani حسین لنکرانی	1895 (1895)	8 June 1989(1989-06-08) (aged 93–94)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
43		Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi سید صفدر حسین نجفی	1932 (1932)	3 December 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 56–57)	Muzaffargarh, British India	Lahore, Pakistan	-
44		Muhammad Yar Shah محمد یار شاه	1913 (1913)	20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 76–77)	Alipur, British India	Lahore, Pakistan	-
45		Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Lavasani سید محمدصادق لواسانی	(2025-03-02UTC00:18:14)	1990 (1991)	Najaf, Baghdad vilayet	Mehr, Iran	-
46		Hussain Bakhsh Jarra حسین بخش جاڑا	1919 (1919)	1990 (aged 70–71)	British India	Pakistan	-
47		Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi محمد كاظم حسينى مدرسى‎	1921 (1921)	5 April 1994(1994-04-05) (aged 72–73)	Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
48		al-Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد محمد كاظم الموسوي القزويني	(1930-03-13)13 March 1930	17 November 1994(1994-11-17) (aged 64)	Karbala, Mandatory Iraq	Qom, Iran	-
49		Mahmoud Ansari Qomi محمود انصاری قمی	1921 (1921)	12 March 1999(1999-03-12) (aged 77–78)	Qom, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Iran	-
50		Seyed Mohammad Jafar Moravej سید محمد جعفر مروج	(1902-07-27)27 July 1902	13 March 1999(1999-03-13) (aged 96)	Shushtar, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Iran	-
51		Mahdi Haeri Yazdi مهدی حائری یزدی‎	1923 (1923)	8 July 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 75–76)	Qom, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
52		Hadi Rohani حادی روحانی	(1924-03-03)3 March 1924	13 October 1999(1999-10-13) (aged 75)	Kalleh Bast, Sublime State of Persia	Babol, Iran	-
53		Seyed Mahdi Hosseini Rohani سید مهدی حسینی روحانی	(1925-07-15)15 July 1925	23 November 2000(2000-11-23) (aged 65)	Qom, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Iran	-
54		Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine محمد مهدي شمس الدين	1936 (1936)	10 January 2001(2001-01-10) (aged 64–65)	Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq	Beirut, Lebanon	-
55		Seyed Hossein Ayatollahi سید حسین آیت‌اللهی	1931 (1931)	14 January 2001(2001-01-14) (aged 69–70)	Jahrom, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
56		Khalil Boyukzadeh خلیل بیوک‌زاده‎	(1930-09-18)18 September 1930	16 April 2001(2001-04-16) (aged 70)	Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran	Ardabil, Iran	[15]
57		Syed Mustafa al-Moosavi al-Safavi سید مصطفی الموسوی الصفوی	(1918-02-02)2 February 1918	21 August 2002(2002-08-21) (aged 84)	Budgam, British India	Budgam, India	-
58		Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani سیداسماعیل موسوی زنجانی	1928 (1928)	18 December 2002(2002-12-18) (aged 73–74)	Pari, Imperial State of Iran	Ardabil, Zanjan	-
59		Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی‎	1935 (1935)	14 April 2003(2003-04-14) (aged 67–68)	Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran	Tabriz, Iran	-
60		al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim السيد محمد باقر الحكيم	1939 (1939)	29 August 2003(2003-08-29) (aged 63–64)	Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq	Najaf, Iraq	-
61		Mohammed Sadegh Sadeghi Givi Khalkhali محمد صادق صادقی گیوی خلخالی	(1926-07-27)27 July 1926	26 November 2003(2003-11-26) (aged 77)	Givi, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
62		Hasanali Morvarid حسنعلى مرواريد‎‎	1911 (1911)	5 October 2004(2004-10-05) (aged 92–93)	Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia	Mashhad, Iran	-
63		Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani محمد واعظ عبایی خراسانی	1940 (1940)	13 October 2004(2004-10-13) (aged 63–64)	Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
64		Seyed Jalalodin Ashtiani سید جلال‌الدین آشتیانی	1925 (1925)	23 March 2005(2005-03-23) (aged 79–80)	Ashtian, Sublime State of Persia	Mashhad, Iran	-
65		Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi نعمت‌الله صالحی نجف‌آبادی	1923 (1923)	6 May 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 82–83)	Najafabad, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
66		Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat محمدهادی معرفت	1931 (1931)	19 January 2007(2007-01-19) (aged 75–76)	Karbala, Mandatory Iraq	Qom, Iran	-
67		Abdul Karim Haghshenas عبدالکریم حق‌شناس‎	1919 (1919)	24 July 2007(2007-07-24) (aged 87–88)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
68		Ali Akbar Feyz Aleni علی‌اکبر فیض آلنی‎	(1921-12-02)2 December 1921	30 July 2007(2007-07-30) (aged 85)	Meshgin, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
69		al-Sayyid Murtadha Sharif al-Askari السيد مرتضى العسكري	(1914-05-14)14 May 1914	16 September 2007(2007-09-16) (aged 93)	Samarra, Baghdad vilayet	Tehran, Iran	-
70		Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani احمد مجتهدی تهرانی	(1923-10-02)2 October 1923	13 January 2008(2008-01-13) (aged 84)	Tehran, Sublime State of Persia	Tehran, Iran	-
71		Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli محمدرضا توسلی‎	1931 (1931)	16 February 2008(2008-02-16) (aged 76–77)	Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	[16]
72		al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد محمد رضا الحسيني الشيرازي	1959 (1959)	1 June 2008(2008-06-01) (aged 48–49)	Karbala, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)	Qom, Iran	-
73		al-Sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Hakim السيد محمد علي الحكيم	1911 (1911)	27 February 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 99–100)	Najaf, Baghdad vilayet	Najaf, Iraq	-
74		Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani عباسعلی عمید زنجانی	(1937-03-30)30 March 1937	30 October 2011(2011-10-30) (aged 74)	Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
75		Mohammed Taqi Morvarid محمد تقى مرواريد‎	1921 (1921)	22 October 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 90–91)	Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia	Ilam, Iran	-
76		Seyed Karamatollah Malek Hosseini سید کرامت‌الله ملک‌حسینی	1924 (1924)	2 November 2012(2012-11-02) (aged 87–88)	Gusheh-ye Shahzadeh Qasem, Sublime State of Persia	Yasuj, Iran	-
77		Azizollah Khoshvaght عزیزالله خوشوقت‎	1926 (1926)	19 February 2013(2013-02-19) (aged 86–87)	Tehran, Imperial State of Iran	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	-
78		Seyed Mojtaba Mosavi Lari سید مجتبی موسوی لاری	1925 (1925)	9 March 2013(2013-03-09) (aged 87–88)	Lar, Imperial State of Iran	Iran	-
79		Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli عبد الهادي الفضلي	(1935-12-06)6 December 1935	8 April 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 77)	Basra, Kingdom of Iraq	Qatif, Saudi Arabia	-
80		Gholamreza Rezvani غلامرضا رضوانی	(1922-09-24)24 September 1922	19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 90)	Sublime State of Persia	Iran	-
81		Seyyed Jalaleddin Taheri Esfahani سید جلال‌الدین طاهری اصفهانی	(1926-01-01)1 January 1926	2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (aged 87)	Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran	Isfahan, Iran	[17]
82		Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani محمد محمدی گیلانی‎	(1928-08-31)31 August 1928	9 July 2014(2014-07-09) (aged 85)	Imperial State of Iran	Iran	-
83		Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani محمدرضا مهدوی کنی‎	(1931-08-06)6 August 1931	21 October 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 83)	Kan District, Tehran, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	[18]
84		al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Muhri السيد محمد باقر الموسوي المهري	(1948-12-25)25 December 1948	4 July 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 66)	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Jabriya, Kuwait	-
85		Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی‎	(1925-03-21)21 March 1925	16 September 2015(2015-09-16) (aged 90)	Borujerd, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
86		Nimr Baqir al-Nimr نمر باقر النمر	(1959-06-21)21 June 1959	2 January 2016(2016-01-02) (aged 56)	Al-Awamiyah, Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	-
87		Abbas Vaez-Tabasi عباس واعظ طبسی‎	(1935-06-25)25 June 1935	4 March 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 80)	Tabas, Imperial State of Iran	Mashhad, Iran	[19]
88		Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی‎	(1934-08-25)25 August 1934	8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 82)	Bahreman, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	[20]
89		Nasrallah Shah Abadi نصرالله شاه آبادی	(1930-09-24)24 September 1930	12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 87)	Qom, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
90		Asadollah Imani اسد‌الله ایمانی	1947 (1947)	6 May 2018(2018-05-06) (aged 70–71)	Kazerun, Imperial State of Iran	Shiraz, Iran	[21]
91		Gholamreza Hassani غلامرضا حسنی‎	(1927-07-21)21 July 1927	21 May 2018(2018-05-21) (aged 90)	Urmia, Imperial State of Iran	Urmia, Iran	[22]
92		Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی‎	(1948-08-15)15 August 1948	24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 70)	Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq	Tehran, Iran	[23]
93		Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami میرابراهیم سیدحاتمی‎	1924 (1924)	6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 94–95)	Ardabil, Sublime State of Persia	Qom, Iran	[24]
94		Mohammad Momen محمد مؤمن	(1938-01-13)13 January 1938	21 February 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 81)	Qom, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	[25]
95		Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi سید هادی خسروشاهی‎	1939 (1939)	27 February 2020(2020-02-27) (aged 80–81)	Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	-
96		Reza Mohammadi Langroudi رضا محمدی لنگرودی‎	(1928-08-03)3 August 1928	5 March 2020(2020-03-05) (aged 91)	Langarud, Imperial State of Iran	Langarud, Iran	[26]
97		Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani سید هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی‎	1941 (1941)	16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 78–79)	Guged, Imperial State of Iran	Qom, Iran	[27]
98		Ebrahim Amini ابراهیم امینی	(1925-06-30)30 June 1925	24 April 2020(2020-04-24) (aged 94)	Najafabad, Imperial State of Iran	Qom, Iran	[28]
99		Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri محمد علی تسخیر	(1944-10-19)19 October 1944	18 August 2020(2020-08-18) (aged 75)	Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq	Tehran, Iran	-
100		Abdol Javad Alamolhoda سید عبدالجواد علم الهدی	1930 (1930)	20 August 2020(2020-08-20) (aged 89–90)	Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran	Mashhad, Iran	[29]
101		Mohammad Yazdi محمد یزدی‎	(1931-07-02)2 July 1931	9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 89)	Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran	Qom, Iran	[30]
102		Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi محمدتقی مصباح‌ یزدی‎	(1935-01-31)31 January 1935	1 January 2021(2021-01-01) (aged 85)	Yazd, Imperial State of Iran	Tehran, Iran	[31]
103