Morteza Moghtadai

Iranian Ayatollah

Morteza Moghtadaei
مرتضی مقتدایی
Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majlis in Iran
Personal
Born	(1935-10-12) 12 October 1935 (age 88) Isfahan
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam
Alma mater	Qom Hawza

Member of Assembly of Experts
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 1990
Preceded by	Abbas Izadi
Constituency	Isfahan Province
8th Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office 1994–2001
Appointed by	Mohammad Yazdi
Preceded by	Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi
Succeeded by	Abdul-Nabi Namazi

Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadai (Persian: مرتضی مقتدایی; born 12 October 1935 in Isfahan) is an Iranian Twelver shia scholar, and deputy chairman of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom. He was re-elected to the fourth 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 Isfahan 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, Syed 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

^ "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)
^ (1 July 2009) Iran hardliners criticise Mousavi after vote upheld Chnnelnewsasia
^ Biography of Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadaei. kanoonkhabar.
^ dadsetani.