Hassan Sane'i
Hassan Sane'i (1934 – 21 July 2023) was an Iranian government official who was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was also the president of the 15 Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation that was created in 1981. Sane'i was a fundamentalist who called for the execution of Salman Rushdie, raising a bounty for his insulting Islam. Sane'i was the brother of the reformist Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei. He died on 21 July 2023, at the age of 89. References and notes External links The World Outraged by Prize Hike to Kill Rushdie 12 February 1997 1934 births 2023 deaths Iranian Islamists Iranian Islamic religious leaders Shia Islamists Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Association of Combatant Clerics politicians People from Isfahan Province