Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari
محسن مجتهد شبستری
Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and Friday Prayers Imam of Tabriz
In office 1995 – 31 May 2017
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Moslem Malakouti
Succeeded by	Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 15 August 1983 – 17 November 2021
Constituency	East Azerbaijan
Majority	743,818 (5th)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1992 – 26 May 2000
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,025,639[1]
In office 28 May 1980 – 26 May 1988
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,159,662
Personal details
Born	1937 Shabestar, Iran
Died	17 November 2021 (aged 83–84) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Combatant Clergy Association
Children	Javad Mojtahed Shabestari
Relatives	Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari (brother)
Alma mater	Qom Hawza

Ayatollah^[2] Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari (Persian: محسن مجتهد شبستری; 1937 – 17 November 2021) was an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He was a member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate.^[3] 4th term Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254^[4] and last period 743,818 votes.^[5] He was MP of Islamic Consultative Assembly in the electoral district of Tehran in the beginning of the revolution for first, second, fourth and fifth terms.^[6]

He was also Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and fourth imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution from 1995 until his resignation in 2017. Mojtahed Shabestari was a member of Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly.^[7] His son Javad Mojtahed Shabestari is member of the Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan.^[8]

Shabestari died in Tehran on 17 November 2021.^[9]

• List of ayatollahs
• List of members in the First Term of the Council of Experts

• Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari Website