Ali Motahari

Ali Motahhari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2008 – 26 May 2020
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority1,447,713 (44.58%)
Personal details
Born (1958-01-26) 26 January 1958 (age 66)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyVoice of the Nation
Other political
affiliations
Parliamentary groups
Spouse
Narges Ansari
(m. 1982)
[1]
Children4
Parent(s)Morteza Motahhari
Azam "Aliyeh" Rouhani
RelativesAli Larijani (brother-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
ProfessionUniversity professor
Publisher
Websitealimotahari.com

Ali Motahhari (Persian: علی مطهری; born 26 January 1958)[2] is an Iranian conservative politician.[3][4] He is also named as a sort of conservative reformist,[5][6][7] who represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. He was Second Deputy of the Parliament of Iran from 2016 until 2019.

Motahhari is described as an orthodox politician[8] with liberal conservative[9] and moderate conservative[10] views. He is the leader of the People's Voice Coalition.[11]

Motahhari heads Sadra Publications and teaches at University of Tehran, where he gained a PhD in philosophy.[1]

  1. ^ a b "asemanweekly.com". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. ^ "آشنایی با دکتر علی مطهری". Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. ^ Banafsheh Keynoush (2012), "Iran after Ahmadinejad", Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, 54 (3), New York: Springer Science+Business Media: 127–146, doi:10.1080/00396338.2012.690988, S2CID 153661674
  4. ^ Ariabarzan Mohammadi (2014), The path dependent nature of factionalism in post-Khomeini Iran (Discussion Paper), Durham University, p. 26
  5. ^ A conservative reformist bartarinha.ir Retrieved 6 April 2020
  6. ^ Politically, Motahari is reformist irna.ir Retrieved 6 April 2020
  7. ^ Motahari: I'm reformist in politic... rajanews.com Retrieved 6 April 2020
  8. ^ "Glossary of Iranian Political Terms", Iranian Diplomacy, 21 March 2010, retrieved 20 August 2017
  9. ^ pbs.org
  10. ^ "tehrantimes.com". Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  11. ^ Katayoun Kishi (February 24, 2016). "Iran's Election Coalitions". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved March 10, 2016.