Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani (; 31 August 1929Biography of Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani citytomb.com – 9 July 2014) was a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the chief justice of the supreme court of Iran,A. Savyon, Conservatives and Reformists Debate Public Flogging, MEMRI, Iran: Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 80, 7 December 2001 a position different from the head of the judiciary.
Gilani was a judge of Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court for 1980–85. Later, he was a member of the Guardian Council between 1986 and 1992. Gilani was one of the judges that handed out death sentences to protestors during the 1981–1982 Iran Massacres. In a press conference, Gilani justified the trials and executions of the young girls. "By the Islamic canon," he stated, "a nine-year-old girl is mature. So there is no difference for us between a nine-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man."
Gilani is also known for having signed the death warrants of Baháʼí Faith leaders in the years following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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External links Experts Assembly election results for Tehran Chronology of Events in Iran, August 2004