One of the influential figures in the intellectual developments of revolutionary forces and contemporary Iran’s political developments, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmud Taleqani was born in a religious family and under the attentions of a clergy father. His early youth coincided with the imperialist interventions in our country and the extensive national resistance against foreign meddling in Iranian affairs. Thus a strong will and sacred desire to retaliate the damages of foreigners filled his heart. At the same time, he received religious education and tried to reveal the deeds of Pahlavi regime and the actions of imperialists in Iran and Islamic countries.
Young Taleqani’s residence in Azerbaijan at the peak of Soviet and political parties’ activities to separate the region from Iran proved to him that the integrity of Iran is an essential principle for him. The same principle took him to Kurdistan in late months of his life to enlighten the people of dear Kurdistan to watch the movements of aliens and their domestic agents. His active presence in Moslem countries and his permanent support of the struggles of Palestinian nation proved that the Shiite clerics regarded it as rule to solve the problems of Moslems. He believed that only through unity, the Moslems could remove the alien rule in Islamic world. His attempts to support Navvab Safavi and the other revolutionaries showed that he was a man of action. His honesty and serenity and also his simple style of life rendered him as a popular and charismatic figure.
Ayatollah Taleqani’s endeavor to form Islamic republic in Iran and performing Friday prayers after the revolution was indicative of his cooperation with the leader of the Islamic revolution to save the causes and goals of the revolution. The nation recognizes its real lovers and his funeral turned out to be one of the great ones of our history. Even now, after so many years, he is remembered for his integrity.
The following pictures are reminiscence for those who had seen him and had worked with him, and for the younger generation who had not seen him, they remind them of the endeavors and struggles of a man who spent his life in God’s path.
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Taleqani’s tomb in Beheshte Zahra of Tehran
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Qom Azam mosque, high religious authorities at the memorial service of Ayatollah Taleqani, 1979
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Imam Khomeini and late Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Khomeini entering the memorial service of Ayatollah Taleqani at Qom Azam mosque, September 1979
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Beheshte Zahra, preparing the burial place of late Taleqani. Aytollah Beheshti, Ayatollah Seyyed Abolfazl Zanjani and Ayatollah Seyyed Hadi Khosrowshahi are seen in the picture, 9th Sept. 1979
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The glorious funeral of late Ayatollah Taleqani, 9th Sept. 1979
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Mosque of Tehran university, funeral of Ayatollah Taleqani’s body, early morning of 9th Sept. 1979
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Prayers after the final congregational prayers in Behesht Zahra, 7th Sept. 1979
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The final sermon of the last congregational prayers in the Beheshte Zahra, 7th Sept. 1979
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The first meeting of the council of experts of the constitution, August 1979
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
The council of experts of the constitution, speaking to Ayatollah Beheshti and Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, August 1979
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Saying the first congregational prayers of Tehran, August 1979
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Delivering the sermons of congregational prayers, August 1979
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Early supper banquet in fasting month of Ramadan, in the embassy of Palestine, August 1979
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Start of the TV program, with Koran in the scene, June 1979
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Delivering a speech in Tehran Officer’s college, June 1979
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Interview with journalists in his house, May 1979
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Hosseinieh Ershad of Tehran, memorial service of Ayatollah Motahhari, May 1979
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Delivering speech in Feizieh school in the company of Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini and Ayatollah Shahaboddin Eshraqi
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Sadat Akhavi mosque, Iran street, voting to Islamic republic, 1st April 1979
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Visit to Kurdistan in the company of Ayatollah Beheshti, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Aboulhassan Banisadr and Moftizadeh, 1979
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Visit to Kurdistan and sending messages from helicopter, 1979
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An audience with Dr. Chamran and his company who came from Lebanon to Iran, March 1979
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Meeting Yasser Arafat in the company of late Hajj Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini and Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mahmoud Doaei
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Tehran Alavi school, with Imam Khomeini, 2nd Feb. 1979
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Mehrabad hallway, speaking to Ayatollah Khamenei, 31st Jan. 1979
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Delivering a speech in the great meeting in the university of Tehran, December 1978
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Saying congregational prayers in Azadi square subsequent to the huge demonstrations of Tasua of 1978, in the company of Ayatollah Hajj Mirza Khalil Kamarei, Mehdi Bazargan and Hojjatoleslam Sadr Bolaghi
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Personal visit with people in his house, November 1978
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Audience with people in his house, November 1978
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The early days of freedom from prison, 9th Nov. 1978
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His final detainment 1975
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
His final detainment 1975
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Travel to Ardebil in the company of Ahmad Sadeq, 1972
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Baft town of exile, 1970
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Baft town of exile, concluding the marriage contract of his son, Mehdi Taleqani
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Baft town of exile, with his family, 1970
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Baft town of exile, 1970
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Baft town of exile, 1970
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In a circle with Eng. Bazargan, Rahim Khatabi and Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, 1969
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Karaj congregational mosque, in the company of Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Lankarani, Mohammad Taghi Shariati, Seyyed Gholamreza Saidi and Fakhroddin Hejazi, 1969
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Along a journey to north in the company of Eng. Bazargan, Dr. Mohammad Qarib and his son Hossein Taleqani
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Aytollah Taleqani after release with his wife and children: Mehdi, Mojtaba and Vahideh
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Block four of Qasr prison, 1966
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With two friends, Qasr prison, 1965
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In the company of his nephew, Hojjatoeslam Seyyed Nouroddin Alavi Taleqani, Qasr prison, 1965
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Postal card distributed among his followers after his condemnation
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Silence in the court martial, 1963
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
In the margin of Nehzat Azadi’s members trial, 1963
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Subsequent to the festivities of the holy prophet’s appointment in the company of Dr. Ebrahim Ayati and Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hadi Khosrowshahi
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Subsequent to Algeria’s independence festivities, talking to Algerian ambassador in Iran, Hedayat mosque, 1961
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In the company of Allame Yahya Nouri and some of the participants of Ghods congress, Alkhalil, 1959
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Karaj, after, Eide Fetr prayers, in the company of Ayatollah Motahhari and Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ziaaddin Hajj Seyyed Javadi
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Karaj, saying Eide Fetr prayers, 1959
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Karaj, saying Eide Fetr prayers, 1959
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Tehran, after delivering a speech in the Islamic society of the youth on the occasion of Imam Ali’s birth day
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Karaj, saying Eide Fetr prayers, 1958
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1957, Hedayat Mosque, Gholamreza Takhti in audience with Ayatollah Taleqani
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Tehran Mehrabad airport, welcoming Navab Safavi in the company of Seyyed AbdolHossein Vahedi and Mohammad Mehdi Abd Khodai 1953
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Leaving for Pakistan to participate in the congress of Karachi’s Islamic branches in the company of Ayatollah Hajj Mirza Khalil Kamarei, 1953
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Taleqan, 1948
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Visit to Zanjan after Azerbaijan’s trouble
Taleqhani, from Birth to Death
Tehran, 1942, in the company of Seyyed Aboulqassem Kashani, Seyyed Hebeaddin Shahrestani, Seyyed Mohammad Behbahani, and Hajj Mirza Khalil Kamarei
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Tehran, 1943
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Seyyed Mahmud Taleqani in the company of some friends and locals of Taleqan
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Taleqani’s national identity card
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His birth place in Gelird village of Taleqan
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Ayatollah Hajj Seyyed AboulHassan Hosseini Taleqani, late Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Taleqani’s father
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