Morteza Motahhari (born 31 January 1919 in Fariman, Persia, assassinated 1 May 1979 (aged 60) in Tehran, Iran) was a Shiite cleric, professor of Islamic philosophy and theology, and commentator of Quran. He was a member of Islamic Coalition Party and one of the theorists of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was a professor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Tehran. After the Revolution, he was appointed as the chairman of the Council of the Islamic Revolution. In the literature of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he is referred to as the "Martyr Teacher". He was one of the prominent thinkers and writers and had many works.