Yousef Saanei

Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei (; October 1937 – 12 September 2020) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and politician. He was a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran's powerful Guardian Council from 1980 to 1983 and also Attorney-General of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was born in Isfahan, Iran.
Saanei died on 12 September 2020 in Qom, Iran from kidney failure caused by diabetes at the age of 82.