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]
Morteza Moghtadaei | |
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مرتضی مقتدایی | |
.jpg) Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majlis in Iran | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 12 October 1935 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Alma mater | Qom Hawza |
| Member of Assembly of Experts | |
| 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 |
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.
See also edit
- Hawza
- List of ayatollahs
- Prosecutor-General of Iran
- List of members in the Second Term of the Council of Experts
- List of members in the Third Term of the Council of Experts
- List of members in the Fourth Term of the Council of Experts
- List of members in the Fifth Term of the Council of Experts
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