Ali Motahari


Ali Motahhari is an Iranian politician who is known as a conservative and is also named as a sort of conservative reformist, who represents Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran since 2008 and was Second Deputy of the Parliament of Iran from 2016 until 2019.
Motahhari is described as an orthodox politician with liberal conservative and moderate conservative views. He is the leader of the People's Voice Coalition.
Motahhari heads Sadra Publications and teaches at University of Tehran, where he gained a PhD in philosophy.

Biography

Ali Motahhari was born in Tehran. His father is noted Islamic scholar Morteza Motahhari.
Motahari is a brother-in-law of the current Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani, and a harsh critic of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He criticized Ahmadinejad for his "self-centered" policies saying: "It is unprecedented and inappropriate that a president simply says I do not accept this law and will not execute it. This is a sign of despotism." Motahhari tried to summon Ahmadinejad to parliament to face questioning and possible impeachment. Though a conservative, he has been something of a maverick.
On 13 March 2015, Motahhari was injured in an attack by "motorcycle thugs" before giving a speech at Shiraz University.

Electoral history

Public image

According to a poll conducted in March 2016 by Information and Public Opinion Solutions LLC among Iranian citizens, Motahhari has 36% approval and 15% disapproval ratings and thus a +21% net popularity; while 40% of responders don't recognize the name.