Mohammad Jafar Montazeri should not be confused with Mohammad Montazeri.
Mohammad Jafar Montazeri | |
Birth Place: | Qom, Iran |
Order: | Head of Supreme Court of Iran |
Term Start: | 6 August 2023 |
Appointer: | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i |
Predecessor: | Ahmad Mortazavi Moghaddam |
Order1: | Prosecutor-General of Iran |
Term Start1: | 1 April 2016 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2023 |
Appointer1: | Sadeq Larijani |
Predecessor1: | Ebrahim Raisi |
Successor1: | Mohammad Movahedi-Azad |
Order3: | Head of Special Clerical Court |
Term Start3: | 2012 |
Appointer3: | Ali Khamenei |
Predecessor3: | Ali Razini |
Alma Mater: | Qom Seminary |
Party: | Combatant Clergy Association[1] |
Mohammad Jafar Montazeri (fa|محمدجعفر منتظری; born 1949 in Qom) is an Iranian cleric and jurist, who is the current Head of Supreme Court of Iran since August 6, 2023. He is the former attorney-general of Iran from April 1, 2016 to August 6, 2023.[2] He was previously the Head of Iran's Administrative Justice Court. He is also the current Head of Special Clerical Court.[3]