Hawzah News Agency- The Head of Iran’s Islamic Seminaries Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has offered condolences on the passing of Hujjat al-Islam Mahmoud Hosseinzadeh Khorasani (RA).

The text of Ayatollah Arafi's condolence message is as follows:

To God we belong and to Him we return

The passing of the venerable and esteemed scholar, Hujjat al-Islam Sheikh Mahmoud Hosseinzadeh Khorasani (RA) is a cause of great sorrow and grief.

I offer my condolences to the bereaved family, students and colleagues of that pious scholar and ask God Almighty to bestow upon him vast mercy and exaltation of status, and to the survivors, I pray for patience and abundant reward.

Alireza Arafi

Head of Iran’s Islamic Seminaries