Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Tavassoli ( Persian : محمدرضا توسلی ) (1931–2008) was an influential Iranian theologian , reformist politician , and a close associate of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini .Tavassoli was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran . He belonged to the Militant Clerics League . Ayatollah Tavassoli simultaneously held a seat in the 3rd Assembly of Experts .