Morteza Moghtadai

Ayatollah
Morteza Moghtadaei
مرتضی مقتدایی
Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majles in Iran
Personal life
Born (1935-10-12) 12 October 1935
Esfahan
Alma materQom Seminary
Member of Assembly of Experts
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 October 1990
Preceded byAbbas Izadi
ConstituencyEsfahan province
8th Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office
1994–2001
Appointed byMohammad Yazdi
Preceded byAbolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi
Succeeded byAbdul-Nabi Namazi
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shi'a
JurisprudenceJafari
CreedUsuli

Morteza Moghtadai (Persian: مرتضی مقتدایی; born 12 October 1935 in Esfahan) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a scholar, and deputy chairman of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom. He was elected to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Assembly of Experts. He currently resides in Isfahan and teaches in the city's seminary.[1]

He was quoted as saying of the 2009 Iranian election protests that the "demonstrators were treading the path of the world's arrogance" and that "The regime must confront them".[2]

Biography

Moghtadaei was born in 1935 in Esfahan Hakim Mosque District. His father, Mirza Mahmoud Moghtadaei of Clergymen of that time was a disciple of Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi and Ruhollah Khomeini and Mohaghegh Damad, Ahmad Zanjani."[3]

Responsibilities

Some of his responsibilities after the revolution are as follows:[4]

  • Islamic Revolution Court judge
  • Member and spokesman of the Supreme Judicial Council
  • Chairman of the Supreme Court
  • Chairman of the Supreme Court and prosecutor general
  • Membership in the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
  • Member of the Supreme Council of the Qom Seminary
  • Manage seminaries
  • Chairman of the Qom Seminary

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". jameeh.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ (1 July 2009) Iran hardliners criticise Mousavi after vote upheld Chnnelnewsasia
  3. ^ Biography of Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadaei. kanoonkhabar.
  4. ^ dadsetani.

See also


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