Morteza Motahhari

Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari (February 3, 1920 – May 1, 1979) was an Iranian scholar, cleric, University lecturer, and politician.
Motahhari is considered among the important influences on the ideologies of the Islamic Republic, and was a co-founder of Hosseiniye Ershad and the Combatant Clergy Association (JÄ?me\'e-ye RowhÄ?niyat-e MobÄ?rez). Motahhari was a disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini during the Shah\'s reign and formed the Council of Revolution of Iran at Khomeini\'s request. He was chairman of the council at the time of his assassination.
Motahhari also wrote several books on Islam, Iran, and historical topics. He taught philosophy at Tehran University. He did mostly work on giving lectures about Islam rather than writing books. However, after his death, some of his students worked on writing these lectures and manage them in order to publish them as books. As of mid-2008, the \"Sadra Publishings] has published more than 60 books of Motahari and about 30 books written about Motahari or quoted from his speeches. Some of them are described below.
Motahhari opposed what he called groups who \"depend on other schools, especially materialistic schools\" but who present these \"foreign ideas with Islamic emblems\". In a June 1977 article he wrote to warn \"all great Islamic autorities\" of the danger of \"these external influential ideas under the pretext and banner of Islam.\" It is thought he was referring to the People\'s Mujahideen of Iran and the Furqan Group (Guruh-i Furqan)
On May Day 1979 Motahhari was assassinated by gunshot by a member of the later group after leaving a late meeting at the house of Yadollah Sahabi. Ordibehesht 12 (1 or 2 May), the Persian date on which Motahhari was assassinated, is celebrated as \"Teachers Day\" in Iran.
Motahhari is the father in law of Iran\'s former secretary of National Security Council Ali Larijani. It was by Motahhari\'s advice that Larijani switched from Computer Science to western philosophy for graduate school.
In honor of Motahhari, a major street in Tehran (Takhte Tavoos--Peacock Throne in English) was named after him upon his death shortly after the Iranian revolution in 1979. Motahhari Street connects Sohrevardi Street and Vali Asr Street, two major streets in Tehran.

Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari (February 3, 1920 – May 1, 1979) was an Iranian scholar, cleric, University lecturer, and politician. Motahhari is considered among the important influences on the ideologies of the Islamic Republic, and was a co-founder of Hosseiniye Ershad and the Combatant Clergy Association (JÄ?me\'e-ye RowhÄ?niyat-e MobÄ?rez). Motahhari was a disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini during the Shah\'s reign and formed the Council of Revolution of Iran at Khomeini\'s request. He was chairman of the council at the time of his assassination. Motahhari also wrote several books on Islam, Iran, and historical topics. He taught philosophy at Tehran University. He did mostly work on giving lectures about Islam rather than writing books. However, after his death, some of his students worked on writing these lectures and manage them in order to publish them as books. As of mid-2008, the \"Sadra Publishings] has published more than 60 books of Motahari and about 30 books written about Motahari or quoted from his speeches. Some of them are described below. Motahhari opposed what he called groups who \"depend on other schools, especially materialistic schools\" but who present these \"foreign ideas with Islamic emblems\". In a June 1977 article he wrote to warn \"all great Islamic autorities\" of the danger of \"these external influential ideas under the pretext and banner of Islam.\" It is thought he was referring to the People\'s Mujahideen of Iran and the Furqan Group (Guruh-i Furqan) On May Day 1979 Motahhari was assassinated by gunshot by a member of the later group after leaving a late meeting at the house of Yadollah Sahabi. Ordibehesht 12 (1 or 2 May), the Persian date on which Motahhari was assassinated, is celebrated as \"Teachers Day\" in Iran. Motahhari is the father in law of Iran\'s former secretary of National Security Council Ali Larijani. It was by Motahhari\'s advice that Larijani switched from Computer Science to western philosophy for graduate school. In honor of Motahhari, a major street in Tehran (Takhte Tavoos--Peacock Throne in English) was named after him upon his death shortly after the Iranian revolution in 1979. Motahhari Street connects Sohrevardi Street and Vali Asr Street, two major streets in Tehran.