Morteza Moghtadai
Morteza Moghtadaei | |
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مرتضی مقتدایی | |
Morteza Moghtadaei during the Majles in Iran | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 12 October 1935 |
| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
| Member of Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 8 October 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Abbas Izadi |
| Constituency | Esfahan province |
| 8th Prosecutor-General of Iran | |
| In office 1994–2001 | |
| Appointed by | Mohammad Yazdi |
| Preceded by | Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi |
| Succeeded by | Abdul-Nabi Namazi |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shi'a |
| Jurisprudence | Jafari |
| Creed | Usuli |
Morteza Moghtadai (Persian: مرتضی مقتدایی; born 12 October 1935 in Esfahan) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a 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.
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".