Morteza Moghtadai

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Morteza Moghtadaei
مرتضی مقتدایی
Qom Hawza
Member of
Isfahan Province
8th Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office
1994–2001
Appointed byMohammad Yazdi
Preceded bySeyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi
Succeeded byAbdul-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

  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.

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