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 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]

Morteza Moghtadaei
مرتضی مقتدایی
Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majlis in Iran
Personal life
Born	(1935-10-12) 12 October 1935 (age 89) Isfahan
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
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam

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