as minister of interior in the cabinet of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar. He became the interim prime minister on 2 September 1981 and was in office until 29 October 1981. He was also chairman of provisional presidential council, after the assassination of president Mohammad Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. He has also been a member of the Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to review and amend the Constitution of Iran in 1989. He was also elected as member of the assembly in 2008 in a by-election from Tehran. Mahdavi Kani is the founder and former head of Imam Sadiq University in Tehran, a university specializing in humanities. He was elected as chairman of the Assembly of Experts on 8 March 2011 after Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani resigned from office. In March 2013, he was reelected to the post for further two years. Illness and death Mahdavi Kani was hospitalized for a stroke on Ruhollah Khomeini's death anniversary, which brought him to coma on 4 June 2014. He was in coma for more than five months and died on 21 October 2014 at the age of 83. Mahdavi Kani was survived by his three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Hours after Mahdavi Kani's death, his office announced that his state funeral will be held on 23 October and his body will be buried at Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also announced two days of mourning in his memorial. Works The following works of Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani are published: The Beginning Points in Practical Ethics The Book of Beest goftar (20 Discourses) Starting Points in Practical Logic The Basics and Principles of Islamic Economy in Holy Koran The Explanation of Iftitah Prayer See also Interim government of Iran, 1981 List of Ayatollahs List of members in the Fourth Term of the Council of Experts References 1931 births 2014 deaths Iranian ayatollahs Prime Ministers of Iran Interior Ministers of Iran People from Tehran Province Combatant Clergy Association Secretaries-General People of the Iranian Revolution Iranian revolutionaries Council of the Islamic Revolution members Islamic Revolution Committees personnel Members of the Guardian Council