Morteza Moghtadai

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
مرتضی مقتدایی
Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majlis in Iran
Personal
Born (1935-10-12) 12 October 1935
Isfahan
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Alma materQom Hawza
Member of Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
8 October 1990
Preceded byAbbas Izadi
ConstituencyIsfahan Province
8th Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office
1994–2001
Appointed byMohammad Yazdi
Preceded bySeyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi
Succeeded byAbdul-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

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.

See also


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.