Mohammad Jafar Montazeri ( fa, محمدجعفر منتظری; born 1949 in

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

) is an Iranian cleric and judge and the current

attorney-general of Iran The prosecutor-general of Iran (or attorney-general), in the judicial system of Iran, is a "just '' mujtahid''" appointed by the head of the judiciary in consultation with the judges of the Supreme Court to serve for a period of five years. T ...

since 1 April 2016. He was previously head of Iran's Administrative Justice Court and

Special Clerical Court Special Clerical Court, or Special Court for Clerics ( fa, دادگاه ویژه روحانیت) is a special Iranian court system for prosecuting Islamic clergymen and scholars accused of improper activity and conduct unbecoming of a cleric. The ...

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