TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ali Safi Golpayegani passed away late Sunday.

Ayatollah Golpayegani was the brother of Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani.
He was a student of top religious figures including the late Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Broujerdi and the late Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Bahjat.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, and Head of Islamic Propagation Organization Hojjatoleslam Mahdi Khamoushi, and Qom Seminary Teachers Society have issued separate statements expressing their condolences over the demise of Ayatollah Golpayegani