Hossein Korani Ameli (Hossein al-Korani al-Ameli or Ḥusayn Kà «rÃÂnë or in Arabic: ÃÂóÃÂàçÃÂéÃÂñçÃÂàçÃÂùçàÃÂÃÂ) was a Lebanese Shiite-Muslim cleric, one of the founders of Hezbollah in Lebanon and members of the Lebanese Hezbollah leadership council. He was the brother of Ali Al-Kourani.
Hujjat al-Islam wa l-Muslimën Sheikh Hossein Korani Ameli was born in Yater village in Jabal Amel in southern Lebanon.
He went to Najaf, Iraq at the age of thirteen to study religious sciences. After a while he went to Qom, Iran and stayed there for about a year and was influenced by Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of Iran.
When he was in Iran, the Pahlavi dynasty imperial regime expelled him from Iran because of his influence from Imam Khomeini and his activities about Islamic Revolution of Iran. After being deported from Iran, Sheikh Hossein Korani Ameli with Abbas al-Musawi taught religious sciences and Persian language in the Imam al-Montazer seminary of Baalbek, Lebanon.
After the Iranian Revolution, he returned to Iran. Korani had been managing Ahwaz's Arab Radio for a while, and after starting up Arab Radio in Tehran, he worked for the Arab section of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
He stayed in Tehran until year 1986 and then returned to Lebanon for religious activities and promotions. When he returned to Lebanon, began to set up an Islamic center in Lebanon with the aim of publishing authentic Islamic culture and publishing his propaganda activities in Lebanon's Sha'a'ir magazine monthly.
Hujjat al-Islam wa l-Muslimën Sheikh Hossein Korani Ameli, one of the founders of Hezbollah, Lebanon, died Thursday, September 12, 2019, evening at age 64 due to cancer. He died after suffering eight months of illness. He was buried in Qom and in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine.
Following his death, Lebanon's Hezbollah, Mohammad Yazdi on behalf of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, Yahya Rahim Safavi, Ebrahim Raisi and Ali Akbar Salehi issued messages.
He has written many books, many of them listed below: