Mojtaba or Mujtaba ( fa, مجتبی) is an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

male given name. It originates from the

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, meaning the ''chosen''. The name has an

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background and is considerably popular among the Shiites and

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as it is one of the honorary epithets of

Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ibn Ali ( ar, الحسن بن علي, translit=Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; ) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ...

, the 2nd Imam of Shia Islam.

People named Mojtaba

* Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Iranian Olympic fencer * Mojtaba Haghdoust (born 1996), Iranian

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player for

Foolad F.C. Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد خوزستان, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian football club, based in Ahwaz, Khuzestan that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad F.C. wa ...

* Mojtaba Heidarpanah (born 1990), Iranian

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and

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* Mojtaba Jabbari (born 1983), retired Iranian

player for

Esteghlal F.C. Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran th ...

Mojtaba Khamenei Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید مجتبی حسینی خامنه‌ای; born 8 September 1969) is a son of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. He served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. He is considered by Eur ...

(born 1969), Iranian hard-line

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and a son of

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia '' marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third presiden ...

Mojtaba Minovi Mojtaba Minovi ( fa, مجتبی مینوی; February 1903 Tehran – January 1977, Tehran), was an Iranian historian, literary scholar and professor of Tehran University. He was a participant in the Ferdowsi Millenary celebrations in 1934 in Tehr ...

(1903–1977), Iranian historian, literary scholar and professor of

Tehran University The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Mojtaba Mirtahmasb ( fa, مجتبی میرطهماسب ; born in 1971) is an Iranian filmmaker and film producer. He co-directed ''This Is Not a Film'' (2011) with Jafar Panahi. Life Mirtahmasb was born in Kerman, Iran in 1971. From 1992 until ...

(born 1971), Iranian filmmaker and producer *

Mojtaba Mirzadeh Mojtaba Mirzadeh ( fa, مجتبی میرزاده) (18 March 1946 – 17 July 2005) was a renowned Kurdish Iranian Violin, Kamancheh, and Setar player who was influential in Persian classical music. He played, composed and arrangement music for ...

(1946–2005), Iranian composer of

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classical music *

Mojtaba Moharrami Mojtaba Moharrami ( fa, مجتبی محرمی, born 16 April 1964) is an Iranian former football player and now coach. He is current head coach of Persepolis Reserves. Moharrami made 37 appearances for the Iran national football team. He was c ...

(born 1965), former Iranian

player *

Mojtaba Ramezani Mojtaba Ramezani ( fa, مجتبی رمضانی); is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Iranian football club in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Club career Early years He started his career in Qaemshahr with several clubs. In Q ...

(born 1989), Iranian

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Mojtaba Saminejad Mojtaba (Madyar) Saminejad ( fa, مجتبی سمیع نژاد, born 30 September 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian blogger and writer. He studied journalism at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University. He is the president of Shahr-e Kho ...

(born 1980), Iranian

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and political activist *

Mojtaba Zonnour Mojtaba Zonnour ( fa, مجتبی ذوالنور; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative politician who, , represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament. He declared that he was SARS-CoV-2-positive on 27 February 2020. Pol ...

(born 1963), Iranian

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

cleric *

Mujtaba al-Shirazi Ayatollah Sayyid Mujtaba al-Husayni al-Shirazi. ( ar, مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, ; b. ِ6 August 1943) is an Iraq-Iranian Shia jurist. Early life and education al-Shirazi was born to Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi and Halima al ...

, Iranian Shia Cleric * Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini, Iranian Shia Cleric *

Mujtaba Musavi Lari Mojtaba Musavi Lari (1925 – 9 March 2013) was a Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar. Biography Lari was born in Lar, Iran, to the late Ayatulla Sayyid Ali Asghar Lari. After completing his preliminary studies in Lar in 1953 he continued his Islamic ...

, Iranian Shia Cleric *

Mojtaba Tehrani Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation". ...

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