Morteza Moghtadai
Morteza Moghtadaei | |
|---|---|
مرتضی مقتدایی | |
.jpg) Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majlis in Iran | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 12 October 1935 |
| 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 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
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 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
[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
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- 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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