# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yousef-saanei
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:00:06.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yousef-saanei"
name: "Yousef Saanei"
slug: "yousef-saanei"
description: "Yousef Saanei was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' and politician, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran's powerful Guardian Council from 1980 to 1983 and also Attorney-General of Iran from 1983 to 1985."
tagline: "Iranian grand ayatollah (1937-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%DB%8C.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-10-16"
deathDate: "2020-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.06
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.68424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ayatullah.saanei/"
    handle:    "ayatullah.saanei"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://saanei.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A"
    title: "يوسف الصانعي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%89"
    title: "يوسف الصانعى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Sanei"
    title: "Jusuf Sanei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef_Saanei"
    title: "Yousef Saanei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%DB%8C"
    title: "یوسف صانعی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youssef_Saanei"
    title: "Youssef Saanei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%99"
    title: "יוסף סאנעי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef_Saanei"
    title: "Yousef Saanei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B8"
    title: "Юсеф Саанеи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef_Saanei"
    title: "Yousef Saanei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%DB%8C"
    title: "یوسف صانعی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yousef_Saanei"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%DB%8C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump