Morteza Haeri Yazdi

Morteza Haeri Yazdi
مرتضی حائری یزدی
Ayatollah Morteza Haeri Yazdi's portrait in 1979 for Assembly of constitution.
Personal life
BornOctober 12, 1916
DiedMarch 16, 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; October 12, 1916 – March 16, 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.