Morteza Haeri Yazdi

Morteza Haeri Yazdi
مرتضی حائری یزدی
Ayatollah Morteza Haeri Yazdi's portrait in 1979 for Assembly of constitution.
Personal life
Born12 October 1916
Died16 March 1986(1986-03-16) (aged 69)
ParentAbdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi (father)
Alma materQom Hawza
RelativesMehdi Haeri Yazdi (brother)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
TeachersRuhollah Khomeini,

Hossein Borujerdi,

Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
Muslim leader

Morteza Haeri Yazdi (Persian: مرتضی حائری یزدی; 12 October 1916 – 16 March 1986) was an Iranian cleric and Twelver Shia scholar. He was the son of Iranian Shia scholar Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi, and was one of the students of Ruhollah Khomeini, the former supreme leader of Iran.

His daughter Masoumeh Haeri Yazdi was married to Khomeini's eldest son, Mostafa Khomeini.