Gilan Bids Farewell to Ayatollah Qorbani; Late Representative of the Supreme Leader Laid to Rest Beside the Shrine of Aqa Seyed Jalaluddin Ashraf

Funeral for Ayatollah Zeynolabedin Qorbani, a Prominent Scholar, Religious and Political Figure of Gilan Province, Held in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh With Wide Public and Official Attendance; Mourners Paid Tribute to the Late Cleric's Decades of Scholarly, Religious and Activist Work

The funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani, one of the prominent scientific, religious and political figures of Gilan province, was held in Astana Ashrafieh with a large number of people and officials. A ritual in which people bid farewell to the late scientist by paying tribute to his years of scientific, religious and fighting activities.

According to the reporter of Gilan Ambassador Arjan, the body of Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani, the former representative of the Supreme Leader in Gilan and the former Juma Imam of Rasht, was buried from Ferdowsi Square in Astana Ashrafieh towards the sacred shrine of Agha Seyyed Jalaluddin Ashraf (PBUH) in the presence of a large number of people, provincial officials and a group of clerics. The funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani, one of the prominent scientific, religious and political figures of Gilan province, was held in Astana Ashrafieh with a large number of people and officials. A ritual in which people bid farewell to the late scientist by paying tribute to his years of scientific, religious and fighting activities.

In this ceremony, Ayatollah Rasool Fallahati, the representative of the religious jurist in Gilan, and Friday Imam of Rasht, Hadi Haqshanas, the governor of Gilan, a group of clerics, officials and different people were present. The body of this eminent scholar was laid to rest after the funeral from Ferdowsi Square in Astana Ashrafiya and offering prayers, in the main portico of the entrance to the holy shrine of Agha Seyyed Jalaluddin Ashraf (PBUH), next to the grave of the late Ayatollah Aminian. Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani was born in 1312 in Panchah village of Astana Ashrafieh city and died in one of Lahijan hospitals in the morning of Monday, October 20, due to illness and old age. From 1380 to April 15, 1397, he was responsible for the representation of the Supreme Leader in Gilan province and the Juma Imamate of Rasht. Also, from the second term to the fifth term of the Assembly of Leadership Experts, he was the representative of the people of Gilan in this assembly, and before that he had worked as a representative of Astana Ashrafieh in the second term of the Islamic Council.

Imamate of Friday Lahijan for 18 years was one of his other responsibilities. From political campaigns to years of religious and cultural activity, Ayatollah Ghorbani entered the field of political campaigns in 1331 by joining the group of devotees of Islam under the leadership of Nawab Safavi. In 1332, he got in close contact with Nawab Safavi and the Vahedi brothers, and after their arrest, he spent some time in hiding. This prominent cleric continued to fight against the Pahlavi regime since 1340 and at the same time as Imam Khomeini's (RA) movement began, and was arrested and imprisoned many times due to his anti-regime speeches. He was arrested in 1344 after holding a meeting that led to the arrest of a number of political activists. In 1350, his speech at the funeral ceremony of Asadollah Ashkouri in Anzali neighborhood of Langrud led to his arrest again and he was sentenced to six months in prison and five years of ban on religious and scientific activities and leaving the country. Following the death of this prominent scholar, public mourning was announced throughout Gilan province on Tuesday. Also, in Lahijan city, the birthplace of Ayatollah Ghorbani, three days of public mourning were considered to protect his scientific, religious and cultural position.